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Bellringer

In Liam O'Flaherty's short story "The Sniper," a Republican sniper in Dublin during the Irish Civil War finds himself engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Through vivid and descriptive writing, the story explores the themes of fanaticism and the consequences of war. As the sniper contemplates the nature of conflict and the morality of his actions, readers are taken on a journey that delves into the complexities of human nature.

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Bellringer

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  1. Bellringer • Write a brief paragraph describing what you think of when you think of “civil war.” • Consider the definitions of the individual words. • Civil—relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns • War—a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state

  2. “The Sniper” By Liam O’Flaherty

  3. I Can… • Identify an author’s point of view and determine why the author chose that perspective. • 9-10.RL.CS.6 Analyze how point of view and/or author purpose shapes the content and style of diverse texts. • Analyze how an author characterizes his protagonist. • 9-10.RL.KID.3 Analyze how complex characters, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text to impact meaning. • Explain how the structure of a text contributes to its mood. • 9-10.RL.CS.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning text structure, plot structure, and/or time manipulation create effects such as mystery, tension, or surprise. • Determine the meanings of words based on context. • 9-10.RI.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

  4. As we read… • Your job each time we read a text is to …? • ANNOTATE! • Remember that annotating is more than just…? • Underlining & Highlighting • Put YOUR words on the page—FILL THOSE MARGINS! • Annotate for the following: • Unfamiliar words • Characterization • Point of view • Content relating to THEME

  5. Let’s Read Paragraph 1 Together The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey. Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared. Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms. Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.

  6. Historical Back Ground • Republicans-Catholics-Wanted to be unionized or together as one republic-like how we say “I pledge allegiance…to the republic, for which it stands…” • Free Staters (Protestant/Anglican)-Wanted Division not Unity or a Union with the Republic. • This is a religious war. • Imagine if you had to fight people in your family over religious and territorial differences. In this war, people could have very well been fighting against their family.

  7. Whole Class Discussion • What is O'Flaherty's purpose in this opening paragraph? • How does he achieve that purpose? • How does this opening description of “civil war” compare to your description from today’s bell work?

  8. Ascetic- reclusive, longer, lone-wolf ex: a monk or a hermit is an asceticFanatic- a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause On a rooftop near O'Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic. They were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death. Paragraph 2

  9. Does anyone heard of a fanatic? Mohamed Bouazizi Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street June 11, 1963 to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight on Dec. 17, he sparked flames far greater than the ones that would ultimately kill him Quang Duc

  10. Turn & Talk • What do you learn in this section of the text, and HOW do you learn it? • Do you use indirect or direct characterization?

  11. S-T-E-A-L METHOD FOR Direct & INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATON • S-sayings • T-thoughts • E-effects on others • A-actions • L-looks/physical characteristics

  12. Partner Work—Vocabulary • Ascetic & Fanatic • Look at these words and consider how they are used in context. • Consider PARTS of the words that might be familiar to you. • Write a definition of each vocabulary word in your notes.

  13. Let’s continue reading!

  14. Partner Work • What does this section reveal about the sniper’s demeanor? How do we know? • What do we learn about the sniper’s opposition? How do we know? • How would you define “parapet”? • Consider the setting and how the sniper uses the parapet. • What is O’Flaherty’s purpose in this section of the text?

  15. Let’s continue reading!

  16. Write—Pair—Share • What do we learn about the sniper in this section of the text? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. • What point of view is O’Flaherty using in the text? Look at the pronouns for clues! • What do you predict will happen next?

  17. Let’s continue reading!

  18. Whole Class Discussion • How do you react to this section of the text? Why? How does O’Flaherty get that reaction from his audience? • Look back at the text and tell me what you notice about its structure. • How does that contribute to the MOOD of the text? • What would you do in the sniper’s situation at this point in the narrative? (Don’t be a cheater and look ahead!) • What do you think he will do?

  19. Let’s continue reading!

  20. Whole Class Discussion • What was the sniper’s plan to overcome his enemy? • Feel free to act it out!!! • Critical Thinking—(5 points on your next CCC for the first person who can answer accurately!) • Where do you see a brief moment when O’Flaherty breaks from the point of view that he has maintained throughout the text? • What would have been the writer’s purpose in that brief shift? • Hint: Consider that the topic O’Flaherty is addressing is “civil war.”

  21. Finish reading the text independently and answer the questions below. • What shifts do we see in the sniper compared to his demeanor prior to this point in the text? Support your response using evidence from the text. • Consider what his conflict has been versus what it becomes here. • What event in the text seems to jolt the sniper back to his previous demeanor? • Situational irony occurs when the audience expects one thing to happen, but something very different takes place. Is the story’s ending an example of situation irony? Explain.

  22. Homework—Write a CCC responding to the prompt below. • Reflect on the following quote from Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” in relation to “The Sniper.” “Theirs not to make reply. Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do and die.” • Identify a common universal theme in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “The Sniper.” How does each author communicate the theme, and which do you feel communicates said theme most effectively?

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