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beleaguered - "(of a place) surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender; besieged."

parapet - "a low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony."

turret - "a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle."

paroxysm - "a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity."

ascetic - "characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons."

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The story takes place in Dublin, Ireland, at around 4 AM, right before the sun comes up, in June. They are at the Four Courts, and the sniper that shoots the woman is on top of a short wall. You can smell the the smoke, the smell of blood, dead people, and the smell of the water beside it. You can hear machine guns, rifles, dogs barking, cars. You can see the moon shining through the clouds, the water of Liffery, buildings, the O'Connell Bridge. You can feel the broken pieces of the buildings, the blood on the republican snipers arm, the rifle and cap that the republican sniper dropped, and the pavement.

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The exposition -
When we find out that there is a Republican sniper hiding on the roof of a building near O'Connell Bridge. "On a rooftop near O'Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching."

The inciting incident -
When the Republican sniper lights a cigarette which gives away his location. "Placing a cigarette between his lips, he struck a match, and inhaled the smoke hurriedly and put out the light."

Rising action 1 -
When the armoured car comes and the old woman starts talking to the man inside of the car. "Just then an armoured car came across the bridge and advanced slowly up the street." "The round the corner of a side street came an old woman....... She began to talk to the man in the turret of the car."

Rising action 2 -
Then the Republican sniper gets shot in the arm all of a sudden. " Suddenly from the opposite roof a shot rang out and the sniper dropped his rifle with a curse."

Rising action 3 -
The wounded sniper figures out a plan on how to kill the other sniper that had just shot him, he cannot use his gun, so he must use his handgun. "He must kill that enemy and he could not use his rifle. He had only a revolver to do it. Then he thought of a plan."

The climax -
After figuring out his plan, the sniper executes his plan and lets his rifle and cap fall off the rooftop and onto the ground. This tricks the other sniper into thinking that he is dead thus revealing his location. From the opposite sniper standing up, the Republican sniper gets his handgun and shoots. "He was now standing before a row of chimney pots, looking across, with his head clearly silhouetted against the western sky.....The Republican smiled and lifted his revolver above the edge of the parapet....Then when the smoke cleared, he peered across and uttered a cry of joy. His enemy had been shot."

Falling action 1 -
The opposing sniper drops their gun and falls onto the ground with a thud. " Then the dying man on the roof crumpled up and fell forward."

Falling action 2 -
After, the Republican sniper is curious to find out the identity of the sniper he had just killed.

Ending, Surprise -
The short story ends with a big surprise, the Republican sniper goes over to the dead sniper which he had just shot and flips him over, and sees that he had just killed his brother. "Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face."

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Liam O'Flaherty was an Irish novelist and short-story writer. He likes to write on common experiences that multiple people will experience. He wrote The Sniper in 1923.

I think he wrote this short story because in 1923 there was the Irish Civil war. The war impacted many many many people and he wanted to write a story in the perspectives of one of those people so that others can get a sense of what they had to go through. He was also a member of the British army's Irish Guard so he has already gotten some first hand experience in what it was like to be in battles.

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the woman - casualty, collateral damage
The woman represents casualties because she was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, like many other people who live in places with wars going on. So many people die every year due to the war when they aren't even a soldier.

the street between the 2 snipers - divisions between 2 places
This area between the two snipers represents the division between 2 different countries that are fighting. They two snipers are so close to each other, yet so far away. They are on opposing "teams" but in the same city, they believe in 2 different things and are fighting for 2 different things.

the sniper itself ( like the gun) - privileges
the gun(s) symbolizes the amount of privilege some people have in the world to be able to own something so powerful. Even though the snipers are in the army, they still have the privilege and right to be carrying around a gun, they have the privilege to kill innocent people, and to kill people who disagree with their morals, not everyone in the world can do that.

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the republican sniper:
Round
he is a round character because he does things that are lifelike such as creating his plan to trick the other sniper. He also feels pain, experiences emotions like happiness.
Static
he is a static character because throughout the story his main objective was to always kill people. Starting from the woman and the man in the car in the beginning to the opposing sniper from across the street in the end.
Unique
he is not a stereotypical character because not many people use a sniper as the main character.

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the other sniper:
flat
he is a flat character because we don't know very much about him and we only know that he is the republican snipers brother. We don't know what he was thinking when he got shot, we don't know if he knew that he was also trying to kill his brother.
static
he is a static character because again like the republican sniper, his main objective throughout the story was to kill the enemy. Even though he died, he died celebrating because he had "killed the other sniper".
Unique
again like the republican sniper, he is a unique character because it's not very often that people will write a story on a sniper and snipers aren't a very well used character in stories unless they are about fighting and the war.

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"he became bitten by remorse" - metaphor

"the sniper took another whiff and put out the cigarette" - onomatopoeia

"his bullets would never pierce the steel that covered the gray monster" - metaphor

"his right arm was paining him like a thousand devils" - similes

"here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs
barking on lone farms. " - imagery

"the heavy guns roared" - personification

"he felt a sudden curiosity as to the identity of
the enemy sniper whom he had killed. He decided that he was a good shot, whoever he was. He
wondered did he know him." - foreshadowing

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casualties, and tragedies

casualties because many people like the woman on the road die from the war when they weren't even doing anything except for living their daily lives. It's also not just during wars, casualties happen so much on a day to day biases, from shootings that can be stopped to earthquakes that can't.

tragedies because like the other sniper so many people die

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text to world
Connecting the war or battle that is happening in the story, there is also a really big and important war that is happening right now between Russia and Ukraine

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text to self
in grade 3 I was playing laser tag with my family and family friends, and I didn't know who was on the opposing team, I later found out that my sister had shot me and got me out. This connects to the short story because me and the republican sniper both didn't know that our "enemy" was our sibling

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text to world
this connects to how different places in the world allow regular civilians to own guns, like America. Many people misuse their privileges of owning a gun and end up hurting someone they love. Although the republican sniper didn't know that he was shooting at his own brother, he still ended up hurting and killing him in the end.

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text to self
I don't think the republican sniper did something good or bad, I don't think that he should've been excited to see what the person he had just killed looked like. But I also think he's courageous for being part of the army and willing to fight for what he believes in .