The Theme of the Sniper:
Wars reduces human beings to mere objects. They have no names,no faces.They are targets,nothing more,to be shot at from a distance.To support this theme the author refrains to any of his characters.War knows no boundaries,age,gender,location,time of the day,family ties.The story opens the eyes to futility of hatered and voilence which made a brother kill a brother.Voilence is no means to an end.
the story ends
The story takes place on a rooftop near O'Connel Bridge.
That she learned not to never cheat
The end of a story contains the last plot element: the resolution.
rising action
The irony in this short story is that the sniper later finds out that who he shot was his brother.
The suspense in "The Sniper" short story is created through the sniper's tense situation as he is engaged in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with his enemy on the opposite roof. The unknown identity of the enemy sniper and the sniper's dilemma of potentially killing his own brother intensify the suspense as the story unfolds.
the story ends
An example of personification in the short story "The Sniper" is when the sniper's hands are described as "numbed with the cold." This personification gives human qualities to the hands by suggesting that they can feel cold like a person.
The story takes place on a rooftop near O'Connel Bridge.
Frank Stockton's famous short story called "The Lady or the Tiger" has no resolution.
The short story "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty takes place in Dublin, Ireland during the Irish Civil War. The story follows a sniper positioned on a rooftop as he engages in a tense standoff with an enemy sniper across the street amidst the backdrop of the city's war-torn streets.
That she learned not to never cheat
The resolution point of a short story.
The other sniper in the story "Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty was a republican sniper. He is the protagonist's enemy and they engage in a tense sniper duel throughout the story.
In the story the sniper why havn't the sniper eaten since morning ?
The end of a story contains the last plot element: the resolution.