A short story I have read and enjoyed latterly is The Sniper by Liam OFlaherty. This is a war story, which focuses on polished war, force out and self-sacrifice as the theme, just now the master(prenominal) theme is the raging of civil war.
The story is set during long June twilight in the Irish city of Dublin, in the period of a civil war in the 1930s. .
The short story starts by introducing the main character, a republican sniper, fighting against the free-staters. The republican sniper lit his cigarette, but he was spotted, an opposition sniper shot from across the street, but missed. hence an enemy vehicle and a woman arrived, she spoke to the driver. A man then appeared from the vehicle, the sniper shot him and the woman. Suddenly, an enemy sniper shot the republican, he dropped his rifle, he tried to pick it up but he couldnt.. He ripped open his sleeve and poured some iodine into the wound, he wrapped a dressing around it. Then, the republican had an idea, placing his crownwork on the end of his rifle he leaned it over the parapet, the enemy fired. The cap fell into the street below, then, the republican dropped his rifle, pretending to be dead. The enemy sniper thinking he had killed his enemy stood up, the republican pull his revolver and shot the enemy, he killed him. Out of curiosity, the sniper walked over to translate whom he had killed. It was his brother.
The ending to me was quite surprising because on reflection, thither were many clues given hinting at the ending. Like the fact that in that location was a civil war going on, that was a turgid clue because you could be shooting a friend, neighbour of family member, and at the end, the republican...
mayb you could use more adjectives to spice it up a weensy bit. i know that it can get a puny blahzay for the teacher reading these essays, and only incourages him/her to deduct more points from perceive the same thing over and over. variety is good! :)
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