“The Sniper” written by Liam O’Flaherty and Cranes by Hwang Sunwon are stories that place their main characters in war-torn scenarios. O’Flaherty’s tale consists of an IRA sniper who struggles with a military chess match with another sniper. Sunwon’s story depicts Songsam, a soldier, who has to decide whether to betray his friend or his duty. War is one of the few similarities both titles share. “Cranes” and “The sniper” are different because of the main characters, the themes, and the main conflicts
“Liam O’Flaherty is a writer of extraordinary story telling ability and powers of observation” (Frank, 2012). He is able to clearly demonstrate his skills in his short stories. Liam O’Flaherty’s short story “The Sniper”, takes place in Dublin, Ireland near the O’Connell Bridge. Civil war was among them. Continuous gun fire roared throughout the night. Chaos grew through the cities as the war raged on. War can be traumatic for even the toughest soldiers. The effects of war can stay with one for
Rough Draft Guns blazing, hearts racing, fighting everywhere. A sniper sits atop a roof waiting for his next victim. Many decisions and emotions go into every second of the Irish Civil War. Liam O'Flaherty tells a story like such in "The Sniper", a dramatic short story in which a man is fighting in the Irish Civil War. O’Flaherty is an Irish-born author who wrote many novels and short stories throughout his eighty-eight year life, focusing mainly on the hardships of war. A strong majority of
“The Sniper” is written by Liam O’Flaherty. A story which takes place in Dublin, Ireland 1920s, in the middle of a civil war. As these two snipers are on opposite rooftops, one of them gets killed. This story is slightly similar to a story named “Cranes” by Hwang Sunwon. This short story takes place in Korea 1050s when the South and North split. These stories are similar because both main characters are facing hard choices that they never thought of.. In the end they figure it out. In