The Sniper: A Compare And Contrast Essay

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Republicans sniper and Billy Weaver both are always curious about things. For example, in The Sniper, Republicans sniper was considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. But still he decided to take the risk. Which means he is brave and like to take risk. In The Landlady, when Billy saw two familiar names in the book he was trying to recall his memory. He always ask about those men to the landlady which she always said something that is not truly about them or ignore him from that topic. He wants to continue searching more things about them because he hated to give up. This explain that Billy won’t give up to the things that he wants to know although

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