The brother
In the story the sniper why havn't the sniper eaten since morning ?
she was in the roof
An IRA sniper, an old lady, a machinegun operator, and a Free State sniper.
to smoke his cigarette
The suspense in "The Sniper" short story is created through the sniper's tense situation as he is engaged in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with his enemy on the opposite roof. The unknown identity of the enemy sniper and the sniper's dilemma of potentially killing his own brother intensify the suspense as the story unfolds.
The irony in this short story is that the sniper later finds out that who he shot was his brother.
The republican sniper is the only significant character. There are also other secondary characters, however, such as the old woman who was shot by the sniper and the republican sniper's brother.
The main character's (the sniper) motive is to kill the enemy sniper on the rooftop of the building across the street.
The short story "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty takes place in Dublin, Ireland during the Irish Civil War. The story follows a sniper positioned on a rooftop as he engages in a tense standoff with an enemy sniper across the street amidst the backdrop of the city's war-torn streets.
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The story "The Sniper" is set during the nighttime in Dublin, Ireland, during the Irish Civil War.