Comparing Short Stories 'Sniper And The Stonecutter'

The difference in the irony between the two stories is who they are fighting for. The sniper is fighting for his own survival. The censor is fighting for his survival and the survival of his friend. In this essay, the irony in “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela, and “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty have been compared and the similarities to the irony have been made evident.

The brothers of the protagonist characters in The Sniper and The Scarlet Ibis both had s difficult relationship with each other. The Sniper, the brother that was a sniper, shot hit brother in war. The sniper in the story did not not know the man he shot was his brother. I would assume the brother and the sniper did not have a good relationship if they were on opposite sides. The other story, The Scarlet Ibis, a brother had something to do with the death of his younger brother Doodle.

In " The Sniper" and "The Scarlet Ibis" the protagonists have weird with their brothers. In the story "The Sniper" the protagonist shoots his brother who is on the opposite side of the civil war. The sniper has to shoot out an enemy vehicle but after lighting a smoke someone shoots at him. Then he shoots the person after tricking the enemy but the enemy turns out to be the brother. The second story " The Scarlet Ibis" is about a guy who is ashamed of his little brother.

Family is a very a complex thing,there can be many things that can tear a family apart. In life there will be inner family struggles,but you will will need to find a way to work through it. Although the piano has sentimental value to Berniece the piano is not being used,so Boy Willie should get the piano to buy the land. While there is tension between Berniece and Boy Willie it begins to build in a dispute over the family piano. Boy Willie is arguing with Berniece over the piano and says he should get it because he is going to buy land,so he will build of of it which the ancestors would have wanted.

There are stories about characters having a brother who has a deep effect on them which could be because the characters care for their brother. Two stories that are about this are called “A Brother’s Crime” and “The Scarlet Ibis”. Inside “A Brother’s Crime” is about Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, learning about their brother’s crime and has to deal with it. The story “A Scarlet Ibis” is about how a brother has pride in their own little brother that ends badly because of how that pride has good and bad. In “A Brother’s Crime” and “The Scarlet Ibis”, the actions of a brother had a profound effect on one of the main characters.

Doodle, exhausted and still weak, trotted behind Brother but in spite, Brother ran away from Doodle. Perhaps it was what Brother needed, to abscond from the thought that the pedestal he had placed himself on was fumbling and frail. Doodle cried out to his brother to not leave him and tried to run after, but he tripped and couldn't get up. Brother left Doodle out in the rain and the storm that pounded and thundered away at Doodle. When Brother’s anger and spite evanesced, he stopped and waited for Doodle and eventually went back to his younger brother.

Brother has received a younger sibling, though he is not the brother of his dreams. Brother feels disappointed in his invalid brother, Doodle, so he teaches him to live a fuller life. In the book, “the Scarlet Ibis,” Brother is occasionally cruel, but as he teaches Doodle, he learns to love him, and his end justifies the means. Brother is cruel to Doodle.

The Sniper written by Liam O’Flaherty is about a man that is on the lookout on top of a building and when he finally claims a victim, the corpse reveal is his brother. The Scarlet Ibis by by James Hurst is about two brothers that are birds and one is crippled. The normal brother is embarrassed of his crippled brother so he teaches him to walk. One day, they were running through a storm and the normal one left his crippled brother back. When the brothers guilt finally drives him back to get him, he has already passed.

In this short story “The Scarlet Ibis” depicts the relationship between two brothers. A story, that filled me with sadness and tears as I was reading it. As I contemplated the relationship between big brother and Doodle, the pride, cruelty, and selfish behavior that big brother portrayed was cruel. Reading more in depth into the story, I couldn’t help myself, I felt horrible for Doodle. Pride and malice play a big part in this story.

The story "The Sniper" was about the civil war and how families were split between the sides. There are two snipers battling on opposite sides of the street. One shoots the other in the shoulder then he kills the shooter. When he is going back to camp he looks to see who it is and was his brother. To summarize both stories were about the love between the

Losing Doodle “It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love over your pride. ”(Unknown) Pride is a powerful thing. It can kill and raise up, it can keep you from admitting your wrong.

"The King and the Shirt" and the Stonecutter" are both parable stories that teach us lessons. For instance the first story "The King and the Shirt" teaches us that you don't need to have a lot of money to be happy. The story was about a wealthy king Who was sick and needed to find a happy man, take a shirt, and put it on the king. The Kings most trusted advisor sent the royal messengers to go search for a happy man with a shirt but instead found a happy man without a shirt. The second story the "Stonecutter" taught us that we should be thankful for who we are and stop comparing ourselves to others.

Although, brother begins to feel remorse and terrible about how he treated his brother throughout his life. As an adult, the narrator began to understand Doodle and himself much more fully, and he now recognizes how his own selfish pride led

And I learned that it takes hard work and dedication to conquer tough situations in life, to never let one roadblock change how the future plays out, and that the trick to life is to live in the moment. For it is a mystery when it could all

The other story we read was the king in the shirt. It teaches us about be happy with the family you have cause that's all you have for family. The lesson in the stonecutter was taught by the man always wishing for something new cause he wasn't happy with the first thing. The king in the shirt lesson was taught by them wishing they could be someone else.