Lesson 1: Reading and Reflecting
1. If we had known that two brothers were shooting at each other, we probably would
have thought that the sniper would try to wound him instead of killing him even though he was on the other side because they are still brothers and he wouldn’t want to actually kill him.
2. Irony is when something happens that isn’t expected. (For example, if a fire station burnt down its ironic because they put out fires.) This affects the story because you wouldn’t expect the other sniper on the other side to be his brother.
3. In the story the street represents the barrier between both sides of the war. It separates the two snipers because it goes straight in between them.
4. The resolution is the enemy sniper died. This is a representative of real life because when something bad happens to an enemy you’re happy.
5. The sniper wants to see his victim because he is curious of whom he killed and if they were in the same unit.
6. I believe that the statement is true because even when the sniper killed the enemy sniper the enemy sniper was still his brother.
Lesson 2: Making Connections
There are many text to world connections between Pat Tillman's death in the Iraq War and “The Sniper”. One connection is that both men died unexpectedly. Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire and the enemy sniper was killed by his own brother. Another connection is that both men were in a war Pat Tillman was fighting in Iraq and the sniper was fighting in the Irish Civil War. The final connection is that in both cases Pat Tillman and the enemy sniper were killed by their own family. Pat Tillman was killed by his army family (brothers in arms), and the enemy sniper was killed by his real family (the republican sniper). These are the main connections between Pat Tillman's death in the Iraq War and “The Sniper”.
Lesson 3: Text to Text Connections
There are too many text to text connections between “The Sniper” and “Friendly Fire” to write them all, but here are the main three. The first connection is that both wars were real. “The sniper” took place in the Irish Civil War and “Friendly Fire” took place in the Gulf War. Another connection is that in both stories friendly fire happened. In “The Sniper,” the republican sniper shot his brother and in “Friendly Fire,” 24 Americans were killed by their own ground attack aircraft and none by the Iraq military. The final connection is that in both stories not enough information was the reason for friendly fire. For “The Sniper” the republican sniper did not know the enemy was his brother and for “Friendly Fire” the American pilot thought the American soldiers were Iraq soldiers because of not enough information. This is the main connections between “The Sniper” and “Friendly Fire”.
I think war distorts human relationships because families could be split in half, friends and couples could have to fight on different sides and much worse, so in my opinion, yes war distorts human relationships.
1. If we had known that two brothers were shooting at each other, we probably would
have thought that the sniper would try to wound him instead of killing him even though he was on the other side because they are still brothers and he wouldn’t want to actually kill him.
2. Irony is when something happens that isn’t expected. (For example, if a fire station burnt down its ironic because they put out fires.) This affects the story because you wouldn’t expect the other sniper on the other side to be his brother.
3. In the story the street represents the barrier between both sides of the war. It separates the two snipers because it goes straight in between them.
4. The resolution is the enemy sniper died. This is a representative of real life because when something bad happens to an enemy you’re happy.
5. The sniper wants to see his victim because he is curious of whom he killed and if they were in the same unit.
6. I believe that the statement is true because even when the sniper killed the enemy sniper the enemy sniper was still his brother.
Lesson 2: Making Connections
There are many text to world connections between Pat Tillman's death in the Iraq War and “The Sniper”. One connection is that both men died unexpectedly. Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire and the enemy sniper was killed by his own brother. Another connection is that both men were in a war Pat Tillman was fighting in Iraq and the sniper was fighting in the Irish Civil War. The final connection is that in both cases Pat Tillman and the enemy sniper were killed by their own family. Pat Tillman was killed by his army family (brothers in arms), and the enemy sniper was killed by his real family (the republican sniper). These are the main connections between Pat Tillman's death in the Iraq War and “The Sniper”.
Lesson 3: Text to Text Connections
There are too many text to text connections between “The Sniper” and “Friendly Fire” to write them all, but here are the main three. The first connection is that both wars were real. “The sniper” took place in the Irish Civil War and “Friendly Fire” took place in the Gulf War. Another connection is that in both stories friendly fire happened. In “The Sniper,” the republican sniper shot his brother and in “Friendly Fire,” 24 Americans were killed by their own ground attack aircraft and none by the Iraq military. The final connection is that in both stories not enough information was the reason for friendly fire. For “The Sniper” the republican sniper did not know the enemy was his brother and for “Friendly Fire” the American pilot thought the American soldiers were Iraq soldiers because of not enough information. This is the main connections between “The Sniper” and “Friendly Fire”.
I think war distorts human relationships because families could be split in half, friends and couples could have to fight on different sides and much worse, so in my opinion, yes war distorts human relationships.
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