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1 Sniper Plot Diagram Example

The story is set in Dublin, Ireland in 1920 and follows a Republican sniper waiting on a rooftop at night. He shoots and kills an opposing gunman by pretending to be dead. In the climax, he shoots a tank soldier and an old lady but is then shot by the opposing gunman. In the denouement, he goes to see who the other gunman was and discovers it was his own brother.

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1 Sniper Plot Diagram Example

The story is set in Dublin, Ireland in 1920 and follows a Republican sniper waiting on a rooftop at night. He shoots and kills an opposing gunman by pretending to be dead. In the climax, he shoots a tank soldier and an old lady but is then shot by the opposing gunman. In the denouement, he goes to see who the other gunman was and discovers it was his own brother.

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Short Story Plot Diagram Name: You

Story Title: “The Sniper”

- Sniper shoots and


- Sniper tricks opposite
kills opposite gunman
gunman
- pretends to be killed Climax
so other man stands up

- Sniper shoots tank


soldier and old lady - Sniper feels remorse
- Sniper is shot by and sadness about
gunman death of opponent
- Sniper sees where
opposite gunman is - Sniper might know
Rising Action
the other guy…
- Sniper is being shot Falling Action Decides to go and see
at from across the road who he was
- danger of being killed
himself

- Dublin, Ireland, 1920 - Sniper goes to dead


- Republican Sniper, Crisis guy, and sees that he
waiting on a rooftop at was the Sniper’s
night brother

Exposition Denouement
Protagonist(s) Antagonist(s) Setting

- Sniper - Soldier - Urban setting


- Old Lady - City streets
- Opposite gunman - NOT a battlefield
- the Sniper himself, because he kills his own brother - Night fighting
- June
Person vs. Person Person vs. Environment Person vs. Self

- Sniper vs. Gunman – on opposites of a civil - Sniper vs. his situation – he is tired, hungry, - Sniper vs. his own tiredness
war; and both are supposed to be killing weak, and yet still has to keep alert and do his - Sniper vs. own actions (only knows this at
each other\ job. Tiredness leads to him getting shot the end…)
(carelessness)
- Sniper vs. Old Lady – she is killed b/c she
is informing tank soldier of sniper’s location

Conflict(s)

- War turns brothers against each other


Theme(s) - Betrayal can have tragic consequences
- Death comes for us all; no matter how prepared we are; Death can come at any time and any place, almost for any reason

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