LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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the sniper tries to do his best
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war destroys families
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the sniper had to do some bad things in order to survive
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Ireland had a civil war
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the short story The Sniper, Liam O’Flaherty recounts a story of an Irish sniper fighting for the republican army during the Irish Civil War. He wrote this short story based on his experience with time at war. Liam o’flaherty illustrates how war can reduce the value of family and human lives, betrayal, and suspense.
Detailed explanation-2: -The theme of “The Sniper” is that war dehumanizes the enemy. In the story, the Republican sniper is under attack from an enemy sniper. He kills an enemy soldier and a woman who informs on him. The sniper shows no emotion over either of these deaths.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement identifies a theme of the short story? Violence and death are impossible to avoid when at war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The theme of the story is that war can destroy a family, it says in the short story “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face". That is showing that even though he shot his target the whole time he was thinking that he killed an enemy but it turned out it was his brother.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: In ‘The Sniper, ’ the conflict faced by the protagonist is an external conflict of man versus man. Because of his own risk-taking in lighting a cigarette, the sniper compromises his position and finds himself under fire from the enemy sniper.