"The Sniper," by Liam O'Flaherty and "The Interlopers," by Saki are similar in theme, plot, and figurative language. The Sniper is set during the Irish Civil War and The Interlopers is set during a feud between two families over a forest in the Carpathian Mountains in what is now the Czech Republic and Romania. The Sniper is written from the point of view of an Irish Republican Sniper. During the Irish Civil War, the Republican Forces were fighting for a United Ireland that was a Sovereign State and free from British control. The Free Staters supported the treaty that gave Ireland a certain amount of freedom, but still gave a lot of control to the King and the British Government. In "The Interlopers," Ulrich goes into the forest at night looking for his enemy Georg, who he thinks is poaching on his land.
The Sniper featured in the story is set up on a roof in Dublin, alone without a spotter. It is night time and he is looking for targets from the Free State forces. The Sniper can hear the guns of the battles being fought in the night. The Sniper is described as young, a student and that he has "The gleam of a fanatic in his eyes." The Sniper is also described as being someone who is used to seeing death, The Sniper eats something and takes a drink. He then decides to smoke a cigarette, even thought he knows that lighting one in the dark might give way his position. He lights the cigarette and draws fire from another sniper. The Republican sniper keeps looking for targets and eventually sees a Free State armored car and a woman who points out his position to the gunner. The Republican sniper shoots the gunner and the woman, who he considers an informant. The other sniper fires at the Republican and wounds him in the arm. The Republican sniper tricks the other sniper by dropping his rifle and hat off the rooftop. When the other sniper reveals himself, the Republican sniper shoots him with a revolver and the other sniper falls to the street.
"The Interlopers" is a very detailed and visual story of man versus man, man versus nature, and man versus himself. ... Natures land, where ironically Ulrich and Georg were the true interlopers. ... The men fought over the land for years, hunted their prey and scared off interlopers. ... Nature sent her men to protect "her land " and to prey on the two trapped men, the interlopers....
"The Interlopers" is a very detailed and visual story of man versus man, man versus nature, and man versus himself. ... Natures land, where ironically Ulrich and Georg were the true interlopers. ... The men fought over the land for years, hunted their prey and scared off interlopers. ... Nature sent her men to protect "her land " and to prey on the two trapped men, the interlopers....
"The Interlopers,"" by Saki, is a fascinating character study of two long time enemies who go through a crisis together and become friends before fate intervenes. ... If the wolves had not arrived at the end of "The Interlopers," Ulrich and Georg would not have followed through on their friendship. ... Although it's wrenchingly gripping for the reader of "The Interlopers" to experience the irony of the ending of the story, realistically examined the story is not as ironic as might seem because the men's friendship would not have held anyway. ...
This is what a sniper has to overcome in heat of battle. ... In my opinion, snipers are very brave. ... The sniper faces one conflict after the next. ... (external) The sniper is hit on the arm by an enemy sniper on the opposite rooftop, causing him to drop his rifle. ... (external) The sniper needed an exit but the enemy sniper covered his exit from the opposite roof. ...
It describes when, where, and who the snipers victims were. ... Lives were taken by the sniper, but that wasn't all it destroyed. The sniper had an impact on things that went on in communities. ... The article was extremely informative about the sniper case. ... I really enjoyed the article about the sniper. ...
The snipers would harass the Marines. ... When snipers decide to snipe, they will find a very well concealed position. ... Snipers can also be used to defend against snipers. ... Army to combat enemy snipers is the use of infa-red scanner to detect the muzzle flash of a sniper rifle. ... They taught the views of the best protection against enemy snipers is a trained sniper; skills required of a trained sniper must be superior to those of the average infantry. ...
Liam O"Flaherty portrayed an experience of a Republican sniper during the Irish Civil war, in the short story "The Sniper". ... The reader sees that the sniper is intelligent and determined, as he was able to kill his enemy sniper after being previously shot in the arm. The sniper's risk taking characteristic is shown when he risks to smoke a cigarette despite the presence of enemy snipers. ... The republican sniper in the story "The Sniper" by Liam O"Flaherty is a complex man with many character traits, one of which is being determined and intelligent. ... Through his actions and th...
Sniper Coverage In comparing the different broadcasts, of cable and network news on the sniper coverage, I found dramatic differences. ... His interviews of criminologists on the sniper case, was amazing. ... When news of the senator's plane crash came in; the sniper was no longer in the news crawl, not to mention the active report. It was nice to know that a horrible accident had occurred, but they could have finished up their thoughts on the sniper first. ... After their segment on the sniper, which was about 12 minutes including one commercial break, they went on to talk a...
