LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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Question
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The sniper killed his own brother
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Everyone dies
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Sniper killed his own mother
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He ate a sandwich
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the story The Sniper, a man has a moment of truth when he finds out the enemy he had killed was his own brother. Liam uses situational irony in his story to show that war makes human beings seem like mere objects.
Detailed explanation-2: -In ‘The Sniper, ’ O’Flaherty uses the ironic ending to show that the men fighting the Irish Civil War are killing their brothers without awareness of what they are doing. Throughout the story, the protagonist views the opposing sniper as his enemy, although he recognizes the other man’s skill.
Detailed explanation-3: -The irony of “The Sniper” is situational. Situational irony: an event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the reader.
Detailed explanation-4: -Irony also plays a big part in “The Sniper”, helping support the meaning of the story through the theme. At the end of the story in paragraphs 25-27, the sniper decides to look at the body of the man he had just killed, and to his surprise, he finds that the man he had just shot dead was his brother.
Detailed explanation-5: -O’Flaherty uses irony to show how the sniper ends up killing his own brother and only after he shoots him he wonders if he knew him. In addition to the irony, O’Flaherty also uses description to develop this idea of action without thought.