The document provides a summary of the short story "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty. It discusses that the story is about an IRA sniper during the Irish Civil War in Dublin who engages in a duel with an opposing sniper. No characters are named to emphasize how war reduces humans to objects. The sniper posts himself on a rooftop near important Dublin landmarks as night falls, conflict arises from the constant threat of being shot. A main theme is how war removes humanity from people, seeing them only as targets.