2) Write 1 paragraph for each of the following:
- Explain the irony of the story (look up irony if you need to).
- What is the author's point in writing this story?
- Cut and paste 2-3 lines from the story that created a vivid (clear) visual image in your mind when you were reading. Explain why it was so vivid to you.
- Personal Response: feelings, thoughts, questions, etc (ABOUT THE STORY).
3) Comment on at least one other student's post.
11 comments:
Trevor Price
The sniper
Short Story Workshop
1. The irony in this story is that the sniper who is having a shootout with what he thinks is his enemy, finds out after killing him that he was his brother.
2. The point the author is trying to make in this story is that wars blind and that anyone can be killed.
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. Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms. Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.”
I chose this quote because after reading it I felt like I was there next to the sniper in Dublin, because of the detail O’Flaherty uses.
4. I liked this short story because of its vivid details and strong message. You feel like your in the story, explosions all around and bullets flying in the gloomy ghettos of Dublin. With how much this story brings you in, the message has a stronger impact. War is a tragedy in all aspects, and people will die, could be your mom, brother, sister, could be anyone. Can you imagine unknowingly killing your own family member?
Trevor,
So far so good, however, your responses need to be at least a paragraph in length (1,2,3,4). Feel free to use examples to back up your points.
1) The story was ironic because the sniper was trying to do his job and shoot the enemy but he ended up shooting his brother.
2)The point the author is trying to make is that war is never a good thing.
3)"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."
I liked this line because it set a tone for the story and was very discriptive.
4)I liked the story because it gave a clear image of what was going on and made the point come across with an impact.
1.In the sniper their are many ironic factors that contribute to the story. From risking his life when hes trying to save his own, to smoking a ciggarette just to smoke. In the end its just a man who is trying to defeat and conquer and when the gun fight is over its ends up being his opwn flesh and blood that he has killed and without even realizing it.
2. Their are many ideas that the author illuminates with the style of writiing in the story. it seems fast paced and very desolate. The main point he is coming across is that back in these dayd many wars were like this people would shoot their own family and not even realized it. People were so cruel and power was on everyone's mind. War is just a ridiculous thing that should never be done
3. "Then when the smoke cleared, he peered across and uttered a cry of joy. His enemy had been hit. He was reeling over the parapet in his death agony. He struggled to keep his feet, but he was slowly falling forward as if in a dream. The rifle fell from his grasp, hit the parapet, fell over, bounded off the pole of a barber's shop beneath and then clattered on the pavement." i chose this quote because it was a point of victory. he had made a whole planned and he executed it with caution and in the end he had defeated the enemy.
4. this story is pretty good i have read it on a couple different occasions during these similair irony workshops. i believe that this novel really makes your heart race and its pretty exciting and i would recommend it to any of my peers
1)It was ironic beacuse there was this big long story about sniper killing a man. Someone that he was positive he had never seen before. And the whole time they are shooting each other and whatnot. And they end up being brothers.
2) I have no idea what the point is. But it probably has do with the fact that war is bad. And who knows who you are really killing.
3)Placing a cigarette between his lips, he struck a match, inhaled the smoke hurriedly and put out the light. Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof. The sniper took another whiff and put out the cigarette. Then he swore softly and crawled away to the left.
I can imagine all of this happening.
4)The story is alright.it was shot, so thats good. War stories are usually rad anyways.
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1. The irony of the story is place in a few places. In the beggining he risks smoking which is instantly notice by the enemy. Near the end of the story he finds that the enemy he killed was his brother. Ironic for a couple of reasons. The chances of runing into someone you know in war is small and even smaller to run into family. This is also ironic because in the story the brothers were trying to kill each other.
2. I think the author has no point and this was just descriptive detail writing pratice. If a point to this story, it could be that you'll never know who you will run into in life. I think it might be this because though chances are small you can very well run into someone you knew very long ago or haven't seen since an incident.
3. "On a rooftop near O'Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic." These lines gave me descriptive idea on the area the sniper was located and his age, appearence, and wepons.
4. This story disappointed me, the story was lame, I didn't like the fact that its wasnt a sniper with a sniper, but instead a snipist with a rifle. The story picked up pace a little to fast and the view of the story made it a little boring. If the story had mutiple view points or was told from the snipist it might of been a little more intersting.
1. The irony in this story isn't really forward. It wasn't a deep and moving story, so finding the irony was difficult enough. Most brothers but heads over nothing big. In most cases, it's who gets the last slice of cake, who sits in the passenger seat.... Not who’s right and wrong, at the mouth of a gun barrel.
2. I believe the author was depicting a civil war in present times. Present thoughts and motivations, and current weaponry. It made things easier for us to understand, but I believe it was overdrawn. It could have been a lot better if the author had actually had a story for it, and not relied on only visual words....
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.”
It was shortly after this that my attention began to wane, but it still was enough at this point to catch my attention. The author presented the scene, both time and location, in here quickly and effectively, and also hinted at the conflict over the land. It was well written, and if the author hadn’t overdone the rest of the story, it would have been a nice story.
4. I do not think this story is going to be a new favorite. The author tried to explain everything to hard, leaving nothing for the imagination to pick up on. What’s more, the story could have been done and over in 2 paragraphs, but he added completely useless routines. “He was eating a sandwich hungrily.” We don’t need to know every time he asks permission to use the toilet, and we don’t need to know he’s eating. He could have just left it at, “He had eaten nothing since morning.” At least then we know that his judgment could have been blurred by fatigue, hunger, and the whiskey presented a few sentences later.
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Trevor Price
The sniper
Short Story Workshop
1. The irony in this story is that the sniper who is having a shootout with what he thinks is a sniper enemy. The two have a heated fight and the main sniper suffered a gunshot wound that prevented him from using his sniper rifle. So with pistol in hand the sniper final kills his foe and rejoices. Then he walks over to the body only too find he had killed his brother. So for his hard work to kill a supposed enemy the sniper ended up killing his own flesh and blood.
2. The point the author is trying to make in this story is that wars blind and that anyone can be killed. No matter who you are war can be at your doorstep any second. War is the destruction of mankind, and it leads people to do things they would never do in normal circumstances. It turns friends into enemies, allies into enemies, and people into corpses. Mankind will be its own destruction and war is the primary reason for our inevitable demise.
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. Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms. Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.”
I chose this quote because after reading it I felt like I was there next to the sniper in Dublin, because of the detail O’Flaherty uses. This story would not be the same without all the vivid imagery used. I am not usually a fan of ready but O’Flaherty pulls you into the story so its intense and you forget that your reading. His use of words also gets my brain working because I don’t always know what some words mean so I’m often looking them up. Hopefully one day I can also be a great writer like O’Flaherty, and capture peoples imagination with my pencil.
4. I liked this short story because of its vivid details and strong message. You feel like your in the story, explosions all around and bullets flying in the gloomy ghettos of Dublin. With how much this story brings you in, the message has a stronger impact. War is a tragedy in all aspects, and people will die, could be your mom, brother, sister, could be anyone. Can you imagine unknowingly killing your own family member?
1.Explain the irony of the story (look up irony if you need to).
Answer- The irony is the shot most desperatley needed... came at a cost. He killed his brother.
2.What is the author's point in writing this story?
To show how wars seperate society and almost nothing is good of it.
3.Cut and paste 2-3 lines from the story that created a vivid (clear) visual image in your mind when you were reading. Explain why it was so vivid to you.
Answer- Placing a cigarette between his lips, he struck a match, inhaled the smoke hurriedly and put out the light. Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof. The sniper took another whiff and put out the cigarette. Then he swore softly and crawled away to the left.
This was excerpt with great detail.
4.Personal Response: feelings, thoughts, questions, etc (ABOUT THE STORY).
I'm Irish, whether this has something to do with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland or not i was into the story as soon as i heard O'Connel Street and drinking whiskey, definately Irish.
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