1) This sniper was in battle and he was in a long stance with another sniper who was shoting at him. He even gets shot once. Injured and unable to use his sniper, he finds a way to get the ememy sniper to come to him. After he kills the ememy, he walks over to him to identify the body, and he relizes that he killed his brother.

2) The author shows a somewhat cruel story. The sniper was just defending himself and he had to kill his own brother. This sniper was not aware that the ememy was his brother. Maybe the point he is making, is to not go to war. The author could also be trying to encourage people not to kill.

3)The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey. Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared -- These lines really showed detail. This image that he creats for you really helps you visualize and get into the story.

4)Im not exactly sure what the point of this story is. I would like to know what the author was trying to get across. It seemed like he was teaching a lesson, but im not sure what that lesson was. Maybe he is saying that war is wrong and cruel.