Sri Lankan Civil War

encountered anyone which shows that there was no point of trying to kill the sniper because it did not advance anybody. The man and woman who planned to kill the sniper did not affect the plot, their plan did not solve any of the problems causing the war. Violence is not the solution, it just causes more issues and chaos in the world.…

represents the family is dying, because the connection between the two brothers are gone since they are on two different sides, and they have to fight each other. The theme of the story is about the separation of family, and all these are caused by wars. Behind the tree, there is a long bandage that is untied, coloured mostly in red. This represents that in order to be alive, the snipers cannot give up, no matter how painful it is for them, they have to get over it. It shows that without…

Civil wars have played an increasingly important role in the global conflict map. The quasi-disappearance of interstate wars has led scholars of international relations and international security specializing in the study of war to shift their focus to the one instance of war primarily practiced today, namely the intrastate war, of which the largest category concerns civil wars. This article follows substantial literature on the effects of natural resources on these kinds of wars by reviewing…

The birthplace of modern western democracy endured decades upon decades of civil war, but this same civil war that savaged Britain for so long also spurred the growth of democracy. The Wars of the Roses helped shape the future of Britain and the wider the world, and it also helped form the basis for William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Shakespeare lived in a time in British history only a century after the conclusion of this brutal conflict, and it had a powerful impact on his writing. Conflict over…

Leone, and for that matter in many African countries with shared experiences and similar backgrounds. The eleven-year civil conflict in Sierra Leone resulted in a large scale devastation of the economy, and of basically everything else in the country. The conflict has been perceived as the most important cause of poverty and underdevelopment in the country today. However, a civil conflict doesn’t just simply boil up out of nowhere. Which is why natural resources comes to the matter. Natural…

the conclusion that they entered, for instance, the FARC and paramilitary groups, because they needed a job; they were looking for adventure, survival or because they were abused at home. In fact, ideology was the second to last of their reasons. In Sri Lanka, Dennis McGilvray commented that The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), call themselves liberation fighters and not terrorist. He asserted that in the case of the LTTE the need for join this group had more to do with their linguistic…

economic growth in 41 African countries during 1981–99, to conclude that “growth is strongly negatively related to civil conflict: a negative growth and that the impact of growth shocks on conflict is not significantly different in richer, more democratic, or more ethnically diverse countries” (p. 275). For example in the case of Rwanda a country that has suffered the consequences of civil wars for decades, Serneels and Verpoorten (2012) using micro level data estimated that during the early…

The realistic fiction story “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty occurs in Dublin, Ireland during a civil war. It begins with a sniper on a roof during the night and there was hardly anyone on the streets. He is hidden on a rooftop eating a sandwich and scouring for threats. The author creates an eerie environment and also uses irony to create the theme that a person needs to think before acting. The Sniper, not thinking about his actions, results in consequences for himself. An example of this…

In a civilization aimed at peace and freedom in life, one may find it astonishing to see how prominent war has been in the history of the human race. War, in its simplest form, is fighting- a practice sustained by humans for centuries. In today's society, fighting is glamorized and celebrated, everywhere from the Call of Duty games to the MMA and boxing leagues. However, war and fighting are only glamorized by the people who have not truly experienced them- a point well illustrated by author…

In a time of war anything can happen, especially during a civil war. In this short story there are two snipers, the Republican and the Free Stater, an old woman, and a third man. Both snipers are on roofs on opposite sides from each other in Dublin, Ireland. An armored car crosses O’Connell Bridge and stops just below the sniper’s position. An old woman with a shawl around her head comes out of a side street to talk with a man in the turret of the armored car. The sniper wants to shoot at the…