“The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty
Directions: Write complete responses in your notebook.
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What is the setting of the story?
Who is the protagonist and where is he when the story begins?
Who is the antagonist and why are he and the protagonist at odds?
Use your literature textbook’s handbook to define situational irony. Write your
definition in your notebook. What situational irony occurs in the story?
5. Who were the Republicans and Free Staters? What did each side support?
On which side is the protagonist and on which side is the antagonist?
6. Why would it be too dangerous for the protagonist to smoke?
7. Why was the sniper unable to lift his rifle?
8. How did the protagonist know the bullet had lodged in the bone?
9. What plan did the protagonist devise?
10. What rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from the story? “His
right arm was paining him like a thousand devils.”
11. What does the statement, “He became bitten by remorse,” seem to indicate?
“The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty
Directions: Write complete responses in your notebook.
1.
2.
3.
4.
What is the setting of the story?
Who is the protagonist and where is he when the story begins?
Who is the antagonist and why are he and the protagonist at odds?
Use your literature textbook’s handbook to define situational irony. Write your
definition in your notebook. What situational irony occurs in the story?
5. Who were the Republicans and Free Staters? What did each side support?
On which side is the protagonist and on which side is the antagonist?
6. Why would it be too dangerous for the protagonist to smoke?
7. Why was the sniper unable to lift his rifle?
8. How did the protagonist know the bullet had lodged in the bone?
9. What plan did the protagonist devise?
10. What rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from the story? “His
right arm was paining him like a thousand devils.”
11. What does the statement, “He became bitten by remorse,” seem to indicate?