In the story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, a wide selection of literary devices were implemented to compose a central idea. The central idea as supported by textual evidence is war knows no boundaries. A piece of evidence that supports the central idea is in paragraph 8, “Then round the corner of a side street came an old women” “An Informer”. This evidence shows that this war no longer just involves the healthy youth but also the elderly who would typically not partake in gruesome events like war. A literary device that supports the central idea is in paragraph 1 when it says, “Dublin lay in darkness”. This literary device is imagery. This exemplifies that war has no boundaries because conflict is even going on throughout the night and
