Englsih ISU - Introduction

"The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty is a short story about a man in war, he is a sniper in a battle with another sniper, with a small trick he manages to kill his enemy. Out of curiosity he decides to reveal his enemies identity to himself and when he looks, he finds his brother. The theme of the story is how inhumane war really is. I chose this story because I thought it would be a good choice because war is something that happens all around the world all the time, and it is a highly discussed topic. The 3 media connections i have chosen are; the song "War" by Edwin Starr because that song is about how war is good nothing but for destruction and to harm people, The poem "The Man he Killed" by Thomas Hardy because the poem is about killing a man you dont evne know, and for no reason, and "Platoon" a film by Oliver Stone because it is about the American army killing innocent Vietnamese people because they couldn't find the Vietnamese soldiers.