Literary Criticism Of 'The Sniper'

The short story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, in 1922, during the Irish Civil War. On the rooftops, lay two snipers who are in the middle of a shootout, after dusk. The main character of focus, a Republican sniper, is pursued throughout the whole story. He battles unbearable pain, the impossible situation placed before him, and when the time is right, he uses his utter cleverness to outsmart the free-state sniper, who he finds out to be his brother, who had changed sides in the war. The short story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, in 1922, during the Irish Civil War. On the rooftops, lay two snipers who are in the middle of a shootout, after dusk. The main character of focus, a Republican sniper, is pursued throughout

The short story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, in 1922, during the Irish Civil War. On the rooftops, lay two snipers who are in the middle of a shootout, after dusk. The main character of focus, a Republican sniper, is pursued throughout the whole story. He battles unbearable pain, the impossible situation placed before him, and when the time is right, he uses his utter cleverness to outsmart the free-state sniper, who he finds out to be his brother, who had changed sides in the war. The short story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, in 1922, during the Irish Civil War. On the rooftops, lay two snipers who are in the middle of a shootout, after dusk. The main character of focus, a Republican sniper, is pursued throughout the whole story. He battles unbearable pain, the impossible situation placed before him, and when the time is right, he uses his utter cleverness to outsmart the free-state sniper, who he finds out to be his brother, who had changed sides in the