The sniper summary

The short story “The sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty is a story about a republican sniper who is fighting in the civil war in Ireland. The sniper is on a roof, and across the street the is also another sniper, but the other sniper is a free stater. Then comes an armored car and an old lady who is an informer. The old lady walks to the armored car and points to the sniper. The sniper sees what is happening and he shoots the man in the armored truck and also the old lady. The sniper on the other building sees what is happening and looks where the other sniper is and shoots him. The bullet hits the sniper in the arm, the sniper that got shot is furious and is trying to kill the other sniper. So the sniper makes a plan, he puts his cap on top of his sniper, and the other sniper thinks it is a real person so he shoots it. The sniper makes sure it falls down the street, so the other sniper will think he is dead. The  sniper than stands up and kills him. The sniper is really curious who did he kill so he goes to the body and it turns out to be his brother. Therefore the story is about to think before you do something, because the sniper had killed his brother, and he had not been thinking before who could be on the other side.