This story has the theme of the tragedy of war, the only war that Ireland ever had, which was a civil war. The conflict was between supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Liam O'Flaherty fought in the Irish War of Independence and the later Irish Civil War as a member of the Anti-Treaty IRA against the new Irish Free State. He had also fought in the First World War as an officer in the Irish Guards. As a result of his experiences, O'Flaherty provides a very realistic portrait of military combat. O'Flaherty later grew deeply disillusioned with the beliefs of the Anti-Treaty Republicans and Irish Nationalism in general. "The Sniper" reflects this feeling of the futility and waste of the Irish Civil War. Such themes can also be seen in O'Flaherty's short novel, The Informer. Arguably, "The Sniper" also condemns the glorification of violence in which O'Flaherty himself had participated in his youth. nWar knows no boundaries nage, sex, location, time of day, family ties nWar reduces human beings to mere objects
After the republican sniper had killed the opposing gunman, the republican sniper begins to wonder if he had killed someone he knew. The republican sniper became curious as to the identity of the man he killed; it was, after all, a civil war, he could've killed a neighbor or an old friend. The republican sniper's thoughts help to foreshadow who the republican sniper had killed
foreshadowing Foreshadowing, which is a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story.
foreshadowing foreshadowing; suspense
The Foreshadowing was created in 2005 in Rome, Italy.
The suffix for foreshadowing is "-ing".
Foreshadowing. A type of foreshadowing that deliberately misleads the audience is a red herring.
Hints about future events is called foreshadowing. The author can give very subtle or straightforward hints.
Foreshadowing Our Demise was created in 2001.
Foreshadowing builds suspense.
ForeshadowingForeshadowing.
An IRA sniper, an old lady, a machinegun operator, and a Free State sniper.
The other sniper in the story "Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty was a republican sniper. He is the protagonist's enemy and they engage in a tense sniper duel throughout the story.