Full Explication about The Sniper - Liam (O Flaherty) & Question and Answers
BA Second year English Chapter 2- 2022 - SRTMUN Full Explication about The Sniper - Liam (O Flaherty & Question and Answers About the Text "The Sniper" is a short story written against the backdrop of the Battle of Dublin-a series of street battles between June 28, 1922, and July 5, 1922. This marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War between the Republicans and the Irish Free Staters. The protagonist, in the story, is the Republican Sniper and the antagonist is the Free Stater sniper. They try to kill each other without knowing each other's identities. The short story is narrated from the point of view of the Republican sniper. O'Flaherty shows how war desensitizes people. All the characters are nameless and faceless. They are all Irish the Republican sniper kills the man in the armored car because he was the enemy, who would have killed him, and after that the poor, old woman as she was an informer. The Republican sniper is then hit in the ...