The Sniper Short Story Analysis
Question 1
The theme of the short story, “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty is, war isn’t always the answer. This is the theme because he was attempting to snipe the enemy in the short story but then ended up killing someone he loved. In the story it says, “The sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” (O’Flaherty 3). The sniper was in a sniping battle and ended up killing his brother. That shows us that from war only bad comes out of it. Another thing is the sniper killed 3 people in the story, one was even a female. In the short story the author says, “The sniper raised his rifle and fired.” and, “The sniper fired again. The woman whirled round and fell…” (O’Flaherty 1). This shows us that when there are wars, innocent
The theme of the short story, “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty is, war isn’t always the answer. This is the theme because he was attempting to snipe the enemy in the short story but then ended up killing someone he loved. In the story it says, “The sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” (O’Flaherty 3). The sniper was in a sniping battle and ended up killing his brother. That shows us that from war only bad comes out of it. Another thing is the sniper killed 3 people in the story, one was even a female. In the short story the author says, “The sniper raised his rifle and fired.” and, “The sniper fired again. The woman whirled round and fell…” (O’Flaherty 1). This shows us that when there are wars, innocent