At the end of Liam O’Flaherty’s The Sniper a man lies dead in the streets, we are told that “the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” Liam does not tell if the dead man is actually his brother of his family, or a figurative brother of his country. If it actually is his real brother it means that civil war is a bad thing because it tears families apart. But, if he is a figurative brother this says that the civil war is bad and it is destroying the brotherhood of his country and perhaps the brotherhood of men all around the world.
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