“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.”
This quote was by John Fitzgerald Kennedy to the UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961.
What Kennedy is trying to imply is that war can take control over a man’s actions and perspective when faced with the supremacy of the battlefield and this will result in destruction of mankind. Kennedy’s philosophy relates to Liam O’Flaherty short story and Tom Hardy’s poem.
In “ The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “ The Man He Killed” By Thomas Hardy both share similarities along with differences regarding war through the literary devices of plot, theme and irony. Similarities and DIfferences in both works - Plot - In the short story “The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty “ and the story “The …show more content…
This is true because if it wasn't for war people wouldn't be in the problems that we have today because if everybody would just get along we wouldn't be in the wars we are in today. Another difference . In the story “The Sniper “ they use situational irony and in the poem “The Man He Killed” they used verbal irony instead. (By Liam O’Flaherty 208). They did this because in the poem they said if the two soldiers would have met in a bar before the war one of them wouldn’t have killed the other one. And, in the story they used situational irony because you would have never thought that we would have killed his brother but they were. Another difference are “In the story “The Sniper “ they use situational irony and in the poem “The Man He Killed” they used verbal irony instead. (By Thomas Hardy 1). They did this because in the poem they said if the two soldiers would have met in a bar before the war one of them wouldn’t have killed the other one.And in the story they used situational irony because you would have never thought that we would have killed his brother but he did. Here are some reasons why they had similarities in the irony and differences in it too. Similarities and differences in both works - Theme In the short story “The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty “ and the story “The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy “ had many similarities and differences in the theme. Another similarity is “The Sniper” two brothers were shooting at eachother and the end result was one brother got shot by the other brother.” (By Liam O’Flaherty 208 ). “The Sniper” two brothers were shooting at eachother and the end result was one brother got shot by the other brother.” Another similarity is “War turns potential friends into enemies “ (By Thomas Hardy 1). The two soldiers could have been friend if they met at a bar sooner before they went into war.Another difference is “War
This quote was by John Fitzgerald Kennedy to the UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961.
What Kennedy is trying to imply is that war can take control over a man’s actions and perspective when faced with the supremacy of the battlefield and this will result in destruction of mankind. Kennedy’s philosophy relates to Liam O’Flaherty short story and Tom Hardy’s poem.
In “ The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “ The Man He Killed” By Thomas Hardy both share similarities along with differences regarding war through the literary devices of plot, theme and irony. Similarities and DIfferences in both works - Plot - In the short story “The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty “ and the story “The …show more content…
This is true because if it wasn't for war people wouldn't be in the problems that we have today because if everybody would just get along we wouldn't be in the wars we are in today. Another difference . In the story “The Sniper “ they use situational irony and in the poem “The Man He Killed” they used verbal irony instead. (By Liam O’Flaherty 208). They did this because in the poem they said if the two soldiers would have met in a bar before the war one of them wouldn’t have killed the other one. And, in the story they used situational irony because you would have never thought that we would have killed his brother but they were. Another difference are “In the story “The Sniper “ they use situational irony and in the poem “The Man He Killed” they used verbal irony instead. (By Thomas Hardy 1). They did this because in the poem they said if the two soldiers would have met in a bar before the war one of them wouldn’t have killed the other one.And in the story they used situational irony because you would have never thought that we would have killed his brother but he did. Here are some reasons why they had similarities in the irony and differences in it too. Similarities and differences in both works - Theme In the short story “The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty “ and the story “The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy “ had many similarities and differences in the theme. Another similarity is “The Sniper” two brothers were shooting at eachother and the end result was one brother got shot by the other brother.” (By Liam O’Flaherty 208 ). “The Sniper” two brothers were shooting at eachother and the end result was one brother got shot by the other brother.” Another similarity is “War turns potential friends into enemies “ (By Thomas Hardy 1). The two soldiers could have been friend if they met at a bar sooner before they went into war.Another difference is “War