The Sniper, Liam O'Flaherty

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Leesdossier - part one

• short story: needs to be sufficient; if not, - 1 pnt 
• deadline 13 October
• 1984:
  

     - presentation with a group       1 pnt

     - quote assignment                   1 pnt

     - writing an essay on 1984       3 pnt

                                        The Sniper

The Great Famine

Irish Free State

• In 1921 the Irish Free State was declared.
• Irish Republicans were not satisfied

=> Northern Ireland was still part of the UK while

     they wanted the whole of Ireland to be independent.

• Civil war within Ireland in 1922/1923 between the Free Staters and the Republicans.

What is the setting for The Sniper?

Short story outline                                                       

Explain in your own words (in English) what 'foreshadowing' is.

                          The Sniper

What happens in the story ''The Sniper''?

How do you explain the twist at the end of ''The Sniper''?

Historic Context

Could this story have taken place anywhere else? 

Where lies the irony in The Sniper?

How is suspense created in The Sniper?

• In the exposition, by means of the atmosphere created (night, war, guns fired in the distance)

• In the rising action:
• light the cigarette (dangerous)
• bullet over his head
• arrival of armoured car
• woman snitching
• bullet in his arm
• bullet in his cap
• lifting the revolver, aiming at other sniper

Independent work

Answer the questions on the hand-out. 

Once finished, hand them in via Magister Opdrachten.