If he attempts to escape, he will be seen immediately, and probably killed. His injury also renders him unable to use his rifle. To do this, the Republican sniper places his hat on top of his rifle, and raises the cap into view, so it will look as if he is attempting to peer out from behind cover.
Q. What happened at the end of the sniper?
At the end of the story, the Republican sniper deceives his Free State adversary into revealing himself and the Republican kills him, as he does two other enemies. When the sniper examines the body he discovers that he has killed his own brother.
Q. What was the snipers reaction on seeing his enemy fall?
Answer. Answer:Immediately after shooting the enemy sniper, the protagonist sniper feels extreme remorse. he revolted from the sight of the shattered mass of his dead enemy. His teeth chattered, he began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing himself, cursing everybody.
Q. How does paragraph 22 contribute to the development of the story’s plot the sniper?
How does paragraph 22 help contribute to the development of the story’s plot? It shows how weak the Republican sniper is. It shows how quickly emotions can shift in battle. It shows how the Republican sniper doesn’t support the war.
Q. What does the Republican sniper feel immediately after killing the other sniper?
Immediately after shooting the enemy sniper, the protagonist sniper feels extreme remorse. The text specifically says remorse. He became bitten by remorse.
Q. What does O’Flaherty mean when he writes that the sniper has the face of a student?
O’Flaherty juxtaposes the sniper’s young age and fighting experience by writing that the Republican sniper has the “face of a student” but “the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death.” This juxtaposition underscores the sniper’s loss of innocence, and the audience recognizes that war has transformed him into a …
Q. How does this injury affect him sniper?
How does the sniper’s injury affect him? He is unable to fire his gun. He balances his hat on his gun, and when the enemy sniper shoots the hat, the sniper drops to the gun and falls to ground, pretending to be dead. When the enemy sniper stands up to check if he is alive, the sniper shoots him with a pistol.
Q. Why does the sniper shoot the man in the armored car and the woman?
Why does the sniper shoot the man in the armored car and the woman? Because he wants to protect himself and because that woman a nark he is going to shoot her and get rid of her. The other guy in the tank so since he can harm the sniper he shot him first.
Q. Why is he just called the sniper?
The Sniper is not given a name because he wants a mystery and to degrade the enemy. The author did not name the character so that the story can apply to anyone involved in a war, easily substituted part.
Q. How do the Republican snipers feelings towards battle evolve throughout the story?
At the start of the story, the Republican Sniper is a cold-blooded killer that would do anything for the Republican Army which included killing an old woman. His feelings towards the battle evolved in the story because once he killed the other sniper, his lust for battle diminished.
Q. What do you think will happen when the sniper lights his cigarette?
In general terms, lighting a cigarette would be risky for a sniper because by definition a sniper is someone who is trying to remain hidden and unseen while shooting at another human. If the sniper is operating during the daytime, smoke might be seen by the person being targeted and give away the sniper’s position.
Q. Why did the sniper kill the old woman?
The sniper kills the old woman because she is an informant for the Free Staters. In addition to her being an informant, the old woman knows the location of the protagonist sniper. The sniper watches her flag down an enemy vehicle. She talks to the soldier inside, and she points toward where the sniper is.
Q. Which statement best identifies a theme of the sniper?
And once he lifted the lifeless body of the dead sniper, he discovered it was “his brother’s face” that greeted him. Thus, the statement that best identifies the story’s theme is that soldiers are disconnected to their human side when on the battlefield and sees everyone as their enemies, foes.
