Question

This is from "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty

Why were his eyes described as "the eyes of a man who was used to looking at death"?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Sniper A civil war is raging in the heart of Ireland. Countrymen fighting countrymen, and amongst them a lone republican sniper sits, and waits. In the short story "The Sniper"àLiam O'Flaherty takes the reader into the life of one inparticular soldier. A sniper who lives for death"æ An all around cold blooded killer in his mind, his eyes, and his experience. Look closer at this sadistic killer and see what it means to be a true cold blooded killer.

When reading the story "The Sniper"ÃÂ many characteristics of the republican sniper stand out. It almost seems to the reader that the snipers mind has been severely warped in several ways. "He wanted to fire but he knew it was useless."ÃÂ The story reads that as the armored turret car approached he wanted to shoot it. Even though he thought it through and realized that shooting would do no good his first reaction, his "instinct"ÃÂ was to shoot.