... is a foggy, hot night and The Sniper is a dark cold night. Another similarity in the setting is that both short stories take place in a war setting, the Vietnam war and the Ireland war. The characters in the two short stories have pretty equal similarities and differences. One of the big differences between the two characters is that one is a republican sniper and the other is a soldier. Another one of the differences between the two short stories is that the soldier in Ambush is scared and nervous about killing but the sniper in The Sniper is excited. " He had been too excited to eat." In the short story Ambush the soldier has a partner and in The Sniper the republican sniper is alone. The republican sniper is used to looking at death and has killed people before but the soldier has never killed anyone before. One ...

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