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The Sniper - Online Term Paper

The Sniper

War can destroy a man both in body and mind for the rest of his life. In “,” Liam O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. We are left to wonder which has the longer lasting effect—the visible physical scars or the ones on the inside?
In this story the author shows how location plays a big part in how physically dangerous a war is. Gunshots heard throughout the city are a sign of how close the fighting between the “Republicans and Free Staters…” is to innocent citizens (this is most often the case in civil war). ’s positioning “on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge” is very dangerous, for he can see ...

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bullets are quite dangerous, too, as seen when he easily kills the tank commander and citizen woman informer. After shooting them, the “enemy” sniper sees him, and “His forearm [is] dead.” This is considered lucky as far as war goes, though, for instead of just having a broken arm he could be dead! brushes with death again when he throws his revolver down without thinking and it goes off. Bullets make a war very deadly, as they are much more precise than earlier and much simpler weapons (such as swords and muskets).
The psychological effects of war bring on a very different aspect of horror. becomes quite fanatical about his job in the war. He gets very excited over the thrill of the kill, turning his job into a game. “His hand trembled with eagerness” as he was trying to shoot the “enemy” sniper, showing the intense excitement he felt. He has such a lust for battle that he even stops eating! also begins to see all others as “the enemy”- the woman in the shawl, an ...

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Added: 11/24/2006 11:38:41 AM
Category: Book Reports
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