By expressing the thoughts of a sniper in the midst of battle in the vigorous short story “The Sniper,” Liam O’Flaherty accurately exhibits the soldier’s continuous utilization of his skill and experience when under fire. For instance, when an enemy car advances into the street, the sniper “wanted to fire, but he knew it was useless” because he perceives that “his bullets would never pierce the steel” that blankets the tank (O’ Flaherty 213). Rather than dissipating bullets and endangering his life by discovery, the sniper avoids shooting the steel attacker until an enemy materializes into view. In addition to selective gunfire, the assassin, when “a man’s head and shoulders appeared, looking toward the sniper” and a “woman darted toward the