These two themes have differences and similarities. Courage is a deciding factor for what defines a hero. The woman darted toward the side street. Muhammad and Malvo killings are known to be random, which categorizes their killings as a killing spree. The rifle falls to the ground and the sniper hangs his hand over the railing to fake his death. He had been too excited to eat.
The sniper posts himself on a rooftop in central Dublin near the Four Courts building, which houses the high courts of Ireland, and O'Connell Bridge, which spans the River Liffey. The two corpses seem to be a reminder for the sniper of the fate that might befall him if he is not ingenious enough or is too slow. In the street below, an armored car moves. Why the enemy soldier stands up is a question to consider: sure, he thinks he has killed his enemy, but standing in such a way still seems like a risky act. The protagonist in The Sniper displays courage in many ways. A bullet flies toward the sniper's rooftop.
The sniper raised his rifle and fired. Cal, on the other hand, has scruples of showing his real identity and will never succeed in courting her effectively. All of the events take place at night time when it is dark. It is much more than the Silent Drill Platoon performing on commercials to attract young adults to the military. Some of the children who were not on the schools grounds that day obstinately swore they had very vivid personal recollections of the attack happening 1. In 1919, the newly formed Irish Republican Army launched guerilla warfare during the Irish War of Independence to liberate Ireland from the British.
The religious drill instructor continues to ask Joker if he believes in the Virgin Mary, and Joker continues replying Sir, No, Sir. He still kept looking into his brother's face oblivious to the hail of gunfire around him. Not a lot of romanticizing war in this one. He was a good student when he was young, and when he grew older, he enlisted in the British Army. Which suggests or highlights the intensity of the Irish Civil War.
It stopped on the opposite side of the street, fifty yards ahead. As previously mentioned both sides remain focused on their goal. The Sniper shoots him, and he falls to the street. The sniper was a young man. He had eaten nothing since morning.
Employing the technique of describing one particular sniper to symbolise a general subject, readers are able to gain a deep insight into the evils of war. Suddenly the enemy sniper on the other roof takes his chance and shoots the sniper. The enemy reels on the roof, drops his rifle to the street, and falls to the pavement. Rather than achieving a united Ireland families were at war with one another. The light from his cigarette alerts an enemy soldier to his presence. The theme is the central idea or insight about life that a story reveals.
Crawling quickly to his feet, he peered up at the corner of the roof. Violence brings nothing but loss, even after you have won. Such was the strong belief among Republican soldiers for a united Ireland that families were divided and split between opposing sides. Perhaps he had been in his own company before the split in the army. The American Civil War has caused many domestic issues, provoking panic from the general public. Cautiously he raised himself and peered over the parapet.
One morning during muster the drill instructor asks Joker one of the recruits what he thought and if he believed in the Virgin Mary. It discharges, sending a bullet past his head. Rifling is a system of spiral grooves in the surface of the bore of a gun causing a projectile when fired to rotate about its longer axis Merriam-Webster. I didn't want my presence to be known. This section contains 692 words approx. We see this from his actions, appearance, and thoughts.
They are targets, nothing more, to be shot at from a distance. At all times the Republican sniper and the Free State sniper have continued to be soldiers. The novel presents the political troubles in Northern Ireland during the 1970s whereas the short story deals with the troubles in Dublin after the Proclamation of the Free State in 1921. For this paper, I will provide evidence to which theory seems to be stronger. Now he eats a sandwich and drinks some whiskey. It tells of a republican sniper sitting on a rooftop and neutralising enemy units as the cross a bridge.