Liam O'Flaherty's sniper, from the short story "The
Sniper", is both calculating and remorseful.
In the
beginning, the sniper desires nothing more than to take out the sniper on the other
rooftop. The quote "He must kill that enemy" shows his admittance towards his desire to
do what ever needs to be done to dispose of the threat. He devises a plan to lure the
other sniper out into the open so as to be able to find a certain kill
shot.
The sniper, in the end, changes dramatically. Instead
of his desire laying in the kill, his desire suddenly changes. After he makes the kill,
the sniper is "became bitten by remorse." His whole attitude about the job, his job, at
hand (given now completed) has forced him to rethink his position. He is no longer
filled with the desire to kill. Instead, "the lust of battle died in
him."
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