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The document provides biographical information about Irish novelist and short story writer Liam O'Flaherty: - O'Flaherty was born in 1898 in poverty in County Galway, Ireland. - He served in the British Army during World War I and was injured in a bomb explosion in 1917. - Many of his novels and short stories centered on the effects of war, revolution, and social upheaval in early 20th century Ireland. - O'Flaherty died in 1984 in Dublin.

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By Liam O Flaherty Prepared by: Herma Shadra binti Khusaini (2012877332) Nur Syazleen bt Yusoff Lutefi (2012639786) Nur Syahira binti Sahumi (2012422842) Nur Auni Binti Salahuddin (2012857882)
Novelist and short-story writer Liam O'Flaherty was born on August 28, 1898, in a poverty-stricken village on Inishmore Island in County Galway on the western coast of Ireland. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army during the First World War and suffered a serious injury two years later in a bomb explosion at Langemarck, Belgium. Several of O'Flaherty's novels center on the effects of war, revolution, and social upheaval in Ireland in the early twentieth century and in the nineteenth century. O'Flaherty died on Sept. 7, 1984, in Dublin.
The sniper
Exposition The IRA Sniper lay on the roof engulfed in the dark night of Dublin as the sounds of Civil War echoed around him. At this moment, the situation starts to tell the reader about the what the IRA Sniper will face that night.
Rising Action When a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof. The IRA Sniper then crawled away to the left. Luckily, the IRA Sniper did not get shot.
Climax The IRA Sniper finally got shot on his right forearm. Then catching the riffle in the middle, the IRA Sniper dropped his left hand over the roof and let it hang, lifelessly. (line 60). [the action is to show to the enemy that he is dead]
Falling The IRA Sniper shot the enemy. He become filled with a feeling of remorse. He began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing himself, cursing everybody (line 88)
Resolution The IRA Sniper decided to leave the roof and planned report the updated of the war to the person in charge ( his commander). But then, he was curious to know the identity of his enemy who had put up such a challenging battle. Then, he turned over the corpse, he found his brother dead body on the street.
War reduces human beings to mere objects. They have no names, no faces. They are targets, nothing more, to be shot at from a distance. To support this theme, OFlaherty refrains from naming any of his characters. War knows no boundariesage, sex, location, time of day, family ties. The IRA sniper is a young man, and the informer is an old woman. The fighting takes place in the heart of a city after sundown. The IRA sniper unwittingly shoots and kills his own brother.
This short story tells us about modern warfare at its darkest when a young man in a sense can become a fanatical killer for a reason that no many can see justifiable.
IRA (Irish Republican Army) Sniper The Opposition (enemy) Sniper Turret Gunner An Old Unknown Woman Unseen Machine Gunner
The Sniper is the main character in the story. The member of Republican army that positioned on a top of roof in Dublin. He has the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.
Picking off people as he chose, he seems calm at times, but he is also a character that tired of killing. A very curious army as after thinking for some times, he chose to take a look at the enemy that he shoot down.
A member of the free state army and wanted to kill the IRA Sniper that located on the rooftop across the IRA Sniper. He appears to has the chance to kill the IRA Sniper but he made an error and falls into the IRA Snipers trap.
He was shot down by the IRA Sniper when he was standing up on his position of the rooftop across the IRA Sniper. Was reveled in the end of the story as the brother of the IRA Sniper.
An enemy army that was positioned at the turret. Was shot by the IRA Sniper as the IRA Sniper saw him looking at the IRA Sniper.
An informer of the enemy. Appeared in the story wearing a tattered shawl on her head. She reveled the position of the IRA Sniper to the turret gunner. Die after she reveled the information as the IRA Sniper saw her darted towards the side of the street .
The person who was shooting the IRA Sniper after he leaves the roof.
"The Sniper" takes place in Ireland's largest city, Dublin, on the country's east coast on Dublin Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea.
The sniper posts himself on a rooftop in central Dublin near the Four Courts building, which houses the high courts of Ireland, and O'Connell Bridge, which spans the River Liffey. The Liffey divides the city into two sections as it runs eastward to Dublin Bay.
The time is nightfall in June after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
The Four Courts building
The perspective is that of a 3rd person narrator. The point of view is limited because the narrator confines himself to the protagonist卒s point of view. That is to say that he limits his narration to what is experienced, thought, and felt by the sniper who is in the center of attention in the action and thus provides the center of consciousness.
The narrator knows exactly what the protagonist is going to do next and observes him with a camera-eye technique. Consequently, the reader feels deeply with the protagonist and his situation.
Who else but an omniscient narrator could know that his [the sniper卒s] eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic, that they are the eyes of a man who is used to look at death, and that he must kill that enemy". The text abounds in countless examples of the Republican卒s thoughts and feelings, almost culminating in self-denial.
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The sniper

  • 1. By Liam O Flaherty Prepared by: Herma Shadra binti Khusaini (2012877332) Nur Syazleen bt Yusoff Lutefi (2012639786) Nur Syahira binti Sahumi (2012422842) Nur Auni Binti Salahuddin (2012857882)
  • 2. Novelist and short-story writer Liam O'Flaherty was born on August 28, 1898, in a poverty-stricken village on Inishmore Island in County Galway on the western coast of Ireland. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army during the First World War and suffered a serious injury two years later in a bomb explosion at Langemarck, Belgium. Several of O'Flaherty's novels center on the effects of war, revolution, and social upheaval in Ireland in the early twentieth century and in the nineteenth century. O'Flaherty died on Sept. 7, 1984, in Dublin.
  • 4. Exposition The IRA Sniper lay on the roof engulfed in the dark night of Dublin as the sounds of Civil War echoed around him. At this moment, the situation starts to tell the reader about the what the IRA Sniper will face that night.
  • 5. Rising Action When a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof. The IRA Sniper then crawled away to the left. Luckily, the IRA Sniper did not get shot.
  • 6. Climax The IRA Sniper finally got shot on his right forearm. Then catching the riffle in the middle, the IRA Sniper dropped his left hand over the roof and let it hang, lifelessly. (line 60). [the action is to show to the enemy that he is dead]
  • 7. Falling The IRA Sniper shot the enemy. He become filled with a feeling of remorse. He began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing himself, cursing everybody (line 88)
  • 8. Resolution The IRA Sniper decided to leave the roof and planned report the updated of the war to the person in charge ( his commander). But then, he was curious to know the identity of his enemy who had put up such a challenging battle. Then, he turned over the corpse, he found his brother dead body on the street.
  • 9. War reduces human beings to mere objects. They have no names, no faces. They are targets, nothing more, to be shot at from a distance. To support this theme, OFlaherty refrains from naming any of his characters. War knows no boundariesage, sex, location, time of day, family ties. The IRA sniper is a young man, and the informer is an old woman. The fighting takes place in the heart of a city after sundown. The IRA sniper unwittingly shoots and kills his own brother.
  • 10. This short story tells us about modern warfare at its darkest when a young man in a sense can become a fanatical killer for a reason that no many can see justifiable.
  • 11. IRA (Irish Republican Army) Sniper The Opposition (enemy) Sniper Turret Gunner An Old Unknown Woman Unseen Machine Gunner
  • 12. The Sniper is the main character in the story. The member of Republican army that positioned on a top of roof in Dublin. He has the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.
  • 13. Picking off people as he chose, he seems calm at times, but he is also a character that tired of killing. A very curious army as after thinking for some times, he chose to take a look at the enemy that he shoot down.
  • 14. A member of the free state army and wanted to kill the IRA Sniper that located on the rooftop across the IRA Sniper. He appears to has the chance to kill the IRA Sniper but he made an error and falls into the IRA Snipers trap.
  • 15. He was shot down by the IRA Sniper when he was standing up on his position of the rooftop across the IRA Sniper. Was reveled in the end of the story as the brother of the IRA Sniper.
  • 16. An enemy army that was positioned at the turret. Was shot by the IRA Sniper as the IRA Sniper saw him looking at the IRA Sniper.
  • 17. An informer of the enemy. Appeared in the story wearing a tattered shawl on her head. She reveled the position of the IRA Sniper to the turret gunner. Die after she reveled the information as the IRA Sniper saw her darted towards the side of the street .
  • 18. The person who was shooting the IRA Sniper after he leaves the roof.
  • 19. "The Sniper" takes place in Ireland's largest city, Dublin, on the country's east coast on Dublin Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea.
  • 20. The sniper posts himself on a rooftop in central Dublin near the Four Courts building, which houses the high courts of Ireland, and O'Connell Bridge, which spans the River Liffey. The Liffey divides the city into two sections as it runs eastward to Dublin Bay.
  • 21. The time is nightfall in June after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
  • 22. The Four Courts building
  • 23. The perspective is that of a 3rd person narrator. The point of view is limited because the narrator confines himself to the protagonist卒s point of view. That is to say that he limits his narration to what is experienced, thought, and felt by the sniper who is in the center of attention in the action and thus provides the center of consciousness.
  • 24. The narrator knows exactly what the protagonist is going to do next and observes him with a camera-eye technique. Consequently, the reader feels deeply with the protagonist and his situation.
  • 25. Who else but an omniscient narrator could know that his [the sniper卒s] eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic, that they are the eyes of a man who is used to look at death, and that he must kill that enemy". The text abounds in countless examples of the Republican卒s thoughts and feelings, almost culminating in self-denial.