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A Comparison Of The Sniper And The Scarlet Ibis

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The stories, “The Sniper” and “The Scarlet Ibis” are amazing stories with great comparing and contrasting. These stories have emotion that no one could explain. In “The Scarlet Ibis” he leaves his brother behind when a storm approaches and goes back to find him dead. In”The Sniper” while he is at war when he pulled the trigger he went to go see who he killed and it was his brother.Their alike because the express war,brotherhood,and regret.“The Scarlet Ibis” is written by James Hurst. “The Sniper” is written by Liam O’Flaherty. The authors took deep thoughts and words to write these stories.These stories are amazing attention hookers.

War can be described as two ways, good or bad. The definition of war is “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state”. In my opinion people can face their own war by events in their life. These stories actually face their individual “war”. In “Scarlet Ibis” the war that is faced is when the family gets a son that can 't walk or do many things excepted. The family has two parents and one child,which is a boy, until the other boy comes along. The family has a hard time at first with their son not being able to do many things. In “The Sniper” the war that is faced is when the man/soldier goes to war and he and his enemy are fighting for their lives. What the stories have in common with ‘war’ is they both face something they cant change. They both have a problem with another
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