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The Question and Answer section for “The Sniper” and Other Short Stories is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
When the sniper lights a match for a cigarette, he exposes himself, and "Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself
against the parapet of the roof."
The basic theme of this short story is war. The story by O'Flaherty was published in January 1923, during the Irish civil war. The story too is set in the same period and revolves around the same war. In this story, O'Flaherty speaks of the...
The Sniper, whose name is never mentioned, is a fanatic republican. He is the crux of the story, and the plot revolves around him. Not having eaten all day, he eats his sandwich sitting on a rooftop, and takes a drought of whiskey, after which he...
