The Sniper Rhetorical Analysis

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In the sniper, Liam O'Flaherty uses imagery to portray the Republican sniper being eager changing from being eager to brittle.Before going into battle, the Republican was so eager, “He had nothing since this morning. He had been too excited to eat” (pg 1). In this quote, the author uses imagery to illustrate that the sniper emotion was too excited to eat. Most of the time people when they are excited they forget to do the simple things such as eating and sleeping. This is showing that the sniper can't wait to go into battle. If he isn't eating cause if his excitement that is showing that he is really eager if he not doing the basics. After being shot, the sniper emotion of being eager became brittle,” Pressing his lips together, he took a deep
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