One of the themes studied by Liam ยท Offarte in his short story "Sniper" is about the psychological impact of war and ongoing violence. In the short story, the sniper saw the armored car passing through the bridge and slowly advancing. After that, an old lady as an information provider approached the armored vehicle and started talking with enemy soldiers standing on the turret of the vehicle. After that, the sniper killed and aimed at the old lady who tried to escape with the soldier. The woman's body turned and she finally fell into the groove without life.
Old ladies symbolically symbolize how war and ongoing violence can distinguish human beings from the levels of atrocities during battle with those involved in the conflict. In many cases, elderly women are regarded as being respected, caring and harmless individuals who are taken care of the entire community. But O'Flaherty explains how war can damage social stability and change the way people look at each other as an ally or an enemy. In a nutshell, the sniper believes that the old lady is just an enemy. It is equivalent to people lost in mankind by people involved in conflict by war.
Liam O'Flahtery wrote "Sniper" as a means to demonstrate the harsh reality and the complexity of war. "Sniper" shows the theme of war that turns humans into things and friends (or brothers). When a sniper escaped the firepower of the enemy, he learned that the old lady was talking with the person in the armored car. The old lady revealed the hiding place of the sniper to the guy of the armored vehicle and then the sniper discovered that the old lady is actually the information provider. When a sniper shoots and kills an old lady, he does not think she is a man; a sniper thinks just that she is his enemy and a threat to his safety. The old lady symbolizes the capability of warring robbers of mankind and turning them into things and enemies. A sniper who is in danger does not think that old lady is a man like him. The sniper's decision to murder a woman was due to the immediate need to protect himself from the enemy. Sniper does not regard this woman as a person, it only considers the opponent as an enemy or enemy's resource.
In the short story, the predator is Liam Ojeroati, Sniper is the hero, and it is used as a symbol of several things. In this civil war symbolizing the horrible price of the Irish Civil War, families often shared with combatants, turned over the murdered soldiers and found brothers' corpses to clarify all symbolism. I can see. Sniper also symbolizes the damage that such war may cause This society will suffer from aftereffects in the next few years and even old ladies will be enemies of murder. The sniper also symbolizes the change that people have to add in the war. He is a student's face, he may be before the war, but now he is killing his compatriot as a soldier and his own survival
Liam O'Flaherty did a great job using sniper style equipment. There are lots of pictures that enhance the imagination of the reader when reading this book. There is also a unique symbol that perfectly depicts the real theme of the story. Finally, I also found some interesting sarcasm. The image of the whole story shocked me. O'Flaherty details the environment of the Dublin IRE. Throughout the story, I saw a brilliant picture in each scene. And that made reading a lot of fun. The image creates the image so that you can perceive what is really going on, I think O'Flaherty is doing wonderful things with this style device
The sniper was an exciting tragic story set by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty during the Irish civil war during the Battle of Dublin. This is the first novel by O'Flaherty, published in London's small socialist weekly magazine "New Leader" (January 12, 1923), the war that it shows is still in progress. The positive notice that it produced helped O'Flaherty publish other works and started his career. Today it is easy to read, short, and has an end of surprising surprises, so it is widely read in secondary English schools in many English speaking countries.