Welcome to War Sounds !

When you're in war, you hear lots of sounds. It could be the sound of birds flying away or the sound of people running, looking for protection. And of course, the sounds of gunshots firing. It's the loudest and most feared sound in a war. But then, there's another sound that follows it. Its the sound of a person crying out in pain and defeat. It's the sound of death.

Welcome to War Sounds ! Guessing by the name, you probably know that this blog has something to do with war. Well, you're absolutely right! In this blog, we're going to discuss about a short story called The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty. In The Sniper, a war is going on between the Irish Free State and the Irish Republican Army and it describes an encounter that occurred. The theme of this story is the inhumanity of war and how it dehumanizes people and you lose your innocence when you're in war. Soldiers kill each other senselessly, without even knowing who it is. You might have killed your blood brother or your best friend or someone who was really special to you. All for the sake of patriotism.In this blog, we're going to compare the story, The Sniper to other media types. There are many medias that are related to this story but we're going to use the photo of 5 men dead on the road, the leaked footage of the Sri Lankan war and the poem, The Man he Killed by Thomas Hardy. Shall we get started then?