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The theme of this story is war. The story is all about people trying to kill each other in a war. The whole story reflects on how horrible war it and how it deeply affects so many people.

They talk about how horrible war is and society needs to stop wars and stop fighting.

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the authors is named Liam O'Flaherty. he was an Irish novelist and a short story writer. He was born on August 28, 1896. He died on September 7, 1984. He was married to Margaret Barrington. He has written other short stories.

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the darkness- the darkness refers to the darkness that the soldiers and how the life is filled with sadness and sorrow. They now have to kill people as their job. this leaves people with so much darkness and its hard to find light again.

the rifle- the rifle refers to power. If you have a rifle in your hand in counts as power that you could use against someone else.

women- the next symbol is the women. He killed the women so easily. this may also be a hint to be saying that he has killed so many people and hasn't felt bad about it. he keeps killing people even though he has killed so many people already.

the food- the food that the solider is eaten also shows how long and hard they have to work.

The arm shoot- this is a symbol to show how the people in the war are being hurt so badly even if they are not being killed. the sad truth is that every solider gets hurt. either mentally or physically.

rooftop- the rooftop is a symbol of hiding and safety. This is where the sniper feels just a little safe knowing he has a little protection.

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1. Parapet - a low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony. This is used
2. sniper - a person who shoots from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.
3. turret- a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle.
4. rifle- a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long
distance.
5. paroxysms- a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.
6. ruse- an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

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The setting takes on a late june dark night. The story starts off on a rooftop. As we can tell from the start of the story is that it is completely pitch black.

The author is trying to explain that it is a dark and scary night.

The sitting is also meant o make us scared and worried. It also builds up lots of suspence.

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"he became bitten by remorse." he felt so much regret and anger. Only for a moment he felt this after he was fine. This is figurative language. metaphor

"the sniper thought the noise would wake the dead." The dead can not be awaken. This is also figurative language. hyperbole

"sniper smiled" this is an alliteration.

"paining him like a thousand devils." this is a simile

"grey monster" animals are sometimes referred to as monsters. this is a personification.

"whiff" he is taking a whiff of something. this is a onomatopoeia.

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Connections to the real world is that this kind of stuff is going on all the time all around the world. People are getting killed everyday. sometimes sacrifices in families have to be made to and it's really hard.
This remind me of hearing about stories from the wars. this is how terrible it is during war.

Another connection is to movies about war. I watch movies about war and it is so terrible what happens to the people.

I have read stories about people in the war and little kids parents going to war and not returning.

another connection is tiktoks i see online. Peoples loved ones go off to the war and not returning. Then some videos of them returning and the people being so happy.

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The snipper- the snipper is the the protagonist. The snipper is also the round because he changes his personality at the end. he starts off as wanting to kill the person to being very sad about it.
He is a hero because he is serving his land by being a solider and doing his job. He is also an anti-hero cause he is happy killing people and then he killed his brother.
He is also a little bit of a static character because he wants to kill the made the whole time throughout the story. he goal was to kill him.

OTHER SNIPER.
He is the protagonist. He is also a foil because he bounces of each other. one is the "good sniper" and the other is the "bad sniper."
This sniper is also the brother of the first sniper but we only find this out in the end.

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intro-The story starts off on a cold night. a snipper lays on a rooftop. It is during a June night. The sniper wait and while he does he eats a sandwich. He hasn't eaten since the morning The sniper waits to strike. He lays on the ground. He is afraid to shoot because he thinks it will ruin his hiding spot if he misses.

rising action- he hears a shoot and it almost hits his head. he quickly ducks down to dodge the bullet. He saw the other person and he quickly shoot the bullet.

Climax- The sniper sees a women by a car. then the sniper shots the women. He then gets shoot in the forearm by a bullet. this hurts him so much. He falls on the roof. he tries to get back up and he notices the women's corpse in the gutter. He kept nursing his arm back to health. he needed to kill the other sniper.

Falling action- The other sniper shoot him and it went straight through his hat. Then he dropped his rifle to make it looked like he was dead. he only had his revolver left. He makes moves toward the sniper then fires a shot. he hits the sniper. He was so happy. Then he makes his way over to see who he had just killed. He peers over to see it was his brother.