The Sniper

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The Sniper

• By Liam OFlaherty

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The SettingMarch, 1922 Dublin, Ireland

• Ireland is in a civil war
• Free Staters vs. Republicans
• Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland

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What is a sniper?

• A person who shoots another person from far away

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He drinks a draught of whiskey from a flask.
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Lighting the cigarette makes him very easy to
see. Somebody shoots at him.
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The sniper looks over the parapet to see who is
shooting at him.
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He hides behind the chimneyand looks again for
his enemy.
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The armored car came.
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The woman wearing a shawl points to where the
sniper is.
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He shoots the man in the turret of the armored
car.
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He shoots the woman who betrayed him.
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The sniper is shot in the arm.
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He put iodine on his wound.
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The sniper gets an idea.
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He stuck his cap on his rifle and slowly raised
it above the parapet.
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He pretends to die.
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He drops his rifle off the roof into the street.
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His enemy thinks hes dead. The enemy stands and
is silhouetted on the roof.
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The sniper shoots his enemy dead.
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He feels remorse for killing those people.
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He goes to see the face of the enemy sniper. He
sees that it is his brother.