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War can destroy a man both in body and mind for the rest of his life. In “,” Liam O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. We are left to wonder which has the longer l ....

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.... big danger in war. The author shows with bullets how close you are to death in a war. In the event where lights his cigarette, he is twice almost killed with the “enemy” sniper’s bullets! ’s own bullets are quite dangerous, too, as seen when he easily kills the tank commander and citizen woman informer. After shooting them, the “enemy” sniper sees him, and “His forearm [is] dead.” This is considered lucky as far as war goes, though, for instead of just having a broken arm he could be dead! brushes with death again when he throws his revolver down without thinking and it goes off. Bullets make a war very deadly, as they are m ....