"The Sniper" and "Cranes" Theme Comparison Essay

Theme Comparison Essay

for “The Sniper” and “Cranes”

“Cranes” and “The Sniper” two stories, two main characters, all having to choice between wars. “Cranes” is about two friends that met in the wrong way after a long time of not seeing each other. “The Sniper” is about a young man whom was stationed on a rooftop and had another sniper across from him. Both stories have a relation to the other character. “Cranes” is the old friend, “The Sniper” is the brother who is on the other rooftop. “Cranes” theme is about knowing that choosing friendships and sadness come from war.

The main character in “The Sniper” is a young man in the civil war as a sniper.The conflict in this story is that their is another sniper on the rooftop across from him. How it is fixed is that the sniper tricks the other man and shoots him and kills him. At the end he realizes that war was not worth it. The theme of this story is that war is not worth fighting and killing his own family.

The main character in “Cranes” is Songsam, a peace keeper who is escorting his old friend. The conflict of this story is that Songsam doesn't understand why Tokchae was arrested and did not run. The conflict was fixed because Songsam knew that Tokchae was Innocent and that he did not deserve to die. Songsan changes, because at first he only thought of Tokchae as another man who was going to get shot. The theme of “Cranes” is that friends and family come first and the rest is put behind them.

Both stories are about how a war can change one’s life and that friends and family come first. In “Cranes” the main ide, is that Songam understood Tokchae and what he did. In “The Sniper” the sniper still has not be able to understand why he was assigned to where his brother was.Songsam an The Sniper both had to learn through a hard way, that war is destruction and it brings people closer.