The Sniper's Internal Conflict

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6. I think the author wants the reader to view the sniper as a man caught in a tragic situation especially because what happened at the end. At first I thought the soldier was being foolish because he lit a cigarette when he knew people were looking for him in the night and it would make him visible. Then I thought he was brave for being shot and continuing doing his duty. At the end I felt bad for him because he shot his own brother.
7. The snipers internal conflict starts mainly after he shot the man on the opposite roof. He “became bitten by remorse”. He felt incredibly guilty when he sees the man’s body fall of the roof onto the ground. When the sniper decides to check the face of the man he killed to see if he knows him he finds out

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