Liam O'Flaherty did an excellent job in employing stylistic devices in "The Sniper". There were significant amounts of imagery, which enhanced the reader's imagination while reading the book. There was also a distinct symbol that portrayed the true theme of the story perfectly. I also found interesting irony at the end, which concluded the whole story restively. The imagery throughout the story blew me away. O'Flaherty went into such descriptive detail about the setting in …showed first 75 words of 370 total…

…showed last 75 words of 370 total…far. This is an excellent example of irony displayed in this story. In all conclusions, this story had a vast amount of stylistic devices portrayed in every aspect possible. From reading this story, one would come to the conclusion that without any stylistic devices in any story it would be dull. Stylistic devices expand the reader's imagination while reading the story, and make it more interesting. Without this, the book would be nothing but words.