For example, Sharon Olds uses various similes to describe her night. She states, “Love? It was more like dragonflies in the sun, 100 degrees at noon, the ends of their abdomens stuck together, I close my eyes when I remember.” She uses a simile to compare her sexual experience to dragonflies mating. It seems, like, a weird comparison, but it fits the poem perfectly.…
Imagery is also shown with similes throughout the poem, such as “in their sterile housing they tilt towards these like skiers.” The poem also acts upon our senses, sight when it states “Surrounding them like their last movements (the mash, the…
The speaker mentions that he half expects to find his own name “in letters like smoke” (16) among the list of dead men. The speaker runs his fingers along the names and as he stops at a particular one powerful images, almost premonitions of the past, come to his mind. He sees “a woman’s blouse” (19) within the black granite, “a booby trap’s white flash” (18), “a red bird’s wings” (22-23), and “the sky” (24). Through the speaker’s use of this wonderful imagery the colors and images penetrate our minds as they do his. These images are snap shots of the bloody war and of the man’s life.…
Comparison and Contrast Essay The stories “Cranes” and “The Sniper” show us the effects of war. The themes of “Cranes” and “The Sniper” are similar due to the war tearing people apart, however, they are different because in “Cranes” the compassion prevails, while in “The Sniper” survival wins over compassion. Both stories themes show us how war reduces human life to nothing and how it tears apart families and friends but that family and friends come first. We see this in “Cranes” when Songsam lets Tokchae escape into the woods.…
Liam O’ Flaherty’s realistic fiction takes place in Dublin Ireland where there is a lot of fighting. Snipers who lurk in the dark fight in a civil war. As the snipers move through the night they hunt down people to win their civil war between two sides of Dublin. Even though these people are fighting for their lives some do not think hard before acting.…
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.…
We live on a planet of sin, where humans will constantly be in conflict, whether it be a war between two countries, two religions, or two people. Regardless of the specifics, it’s the people involved, their choices, and every loss of life that ultimately determines the outcome of the conflict. Take two men from opposite sides of the world. Different cultures.…
Imagine being at war with the fear that you might kill your brother or sister. Even the strongest warriors that are at war have felt fear. There is many different type of fear and I'm pretty sure we have all felt that feeling. Chris Kyle is an American sniper who tried his best and went through so much to join the military and has done so much for his country. Chris Kyle went through rejection but he didn't give up he kept trying, till one day his life changed with a call.…
War stories are gruesome. They capture the reality of war--death, grief, and pain. “The Sniper” and “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” (by Liam O’Flaherty and Tim O’Brien respectively) are both shining examples of this; unpacking the glorification of victory to reveal how humans are dehumanized and trained to kill other people. Their differences outline a common theme: how war dehumanizes people from killing and guilt, and how that all builds into a catastrophe later on in life.…
Although the only thing war is capable of doing is determining who is left instead of who is right; it changes people to the worst, which the texts “The Sniper” and “War is Kind” are all about. The short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty is about a man who has the position of a sniper in the war. He risks taking a cigarette, and is spotted by an enemy sniper. After the shooting they did, the Republican sniper finally manages to kill the other sniper and instantly regrets it. The story concludes with him staring at the lifeless body of his own brother.…
“I'm willing to meet my creator and answer for every shot that I took”. (American Sniper) American Sniper is based on a remarkable true story of the U.S. Navy Seal, Chris Kyle risk his life for his country. The director of the movie, Clint Eastwood expressed Chris’s story in a very touching and a warm loving way but also catches you but surprise with numerous suspenseful, gruesome, and jaw dropping sense throughout the movie. Main reason American Sniper has multiple awards is due to the amazing actor that were apart of the film. Bradley Cooper playing Chris Kyle, Sienna Miller playing Chris’s wife Taya.…
This technique is used by the author ‘Allan Baillie’ to evoke a mental picture of the scene using various literary devices such as the metaphors, allusions, descriptive language and onomatopoeia. The imagery makes a piece of work more realistic and helps the reader to visualise and experience the authors writing in depth. An example of imagery is when Baillie writes “The main scar, a bloodless seam, ran from his right shoulder to his left hip. The second scar was a second, bellybutton punched in his side. Marks of shrapnel and a bullet.…
In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, the central idea of the story is war changes people. War changes people because at the beginning of the story “he finished the sandwich taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket”(O’Flaherty 1). When a person is in the military using a high powered weapon for example; sniper, machine gun,assault rifle, etc. You would expect that person to be 100% sober and not under the influence of anything. To show how war changes people at the end, the sniper had shot someone from the other side of the war that was not on the Republic of Dublin [Ireland] it was his brother.…
The simile is specifying that the roads are empty like dry streams. The streets are empty; since everyone is occupied from the sanity. "The light held him fixed like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest. " Symbolizing, Mr. Mead has not seen light in a while. The light is vanished; considering the people do not use them. "…
A Sniper in Dublin The sniper lay on the cold, hard roof top during a night in July. He thought about why he should do this, kill people. But the he remembered that the world is kill or be killed.…