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“The Sniper” Before or After Narrative

After: He sees his brother's face with blood dripping out his mouth. Now filled with regret, sadness, and anger. The sniper runs into the middle of the street and yells off his head just waiting to be shot by the machine gunner. The morning comes and he falls to the ground with tears pouring down his face. Still waiting for the death he wants he looks up to the sound of a revolver thinking he was gong to be shot finally, but it was his own team member, anger filled within the sniper and he ran forward with all the intentions of grabbing the gun and getting shot. The next sound is of a machine gun his comrade fell to the ground. Grabbing the revolver he shoots forward killing the gunner, and being shot himself.

Internal and External Conflicts in "The Sniper"

In the story “The Sniper”, the sniper faces external and internal conflicts. The external conflict is that their is another sniper across the rooftop across the street. He has to worry about his surroundings and the other sniper. When an informer comes and tells where the sniper is, the sniper then shoots the man who comes out the car and than the lady as she run, trying not to be found. While doing that the other sniper shoots him in the are, the rifle id too heavy now and the sniper must find a way out. He can’t be found on the roof, and the morning is rushing to come, he plays dead and as the guy is standing the sniper takes out a revolver and shoots the other sniper across the street. The internal conflict is that as the sniper watches the other sniper fall to the ground he fills with guilt. Then feeling bad he no longer wants to fight he throws the gun and almost gets shot in the head by his own revolver. When he snaps back into reality he runs across to see his enemy’s face and what he sees is his own brothers face...

"The Sniper" Fear

When facing heart-pounding fear, people perform well, because they have other around them to help. For Example, if someone was afraid of a hunted house they would probably go inside if they had someone to be there right next to them. If they were to go inside they would probably be scared and want to run out. If they had someone really trusted and liked the nervousness would disappear. Another example is that people are afraid of spiders, what if they had a roommate of family member that had one? Someone would be there and kill it or take it out.That person would even be able to try to each the scared one that spiders are not all that mean and scary. That is what all people could do to do well when facing heart-pounding fear.