War can destroy any person both in body and mind for the...

War can destroy any person both in body and mind for the rest of their life. In Shot by Sniper, by Bartholomew von Klick suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. In the story â€Å"Shot by Sniper† Klick shows and relates real life experiences of war. In this story Klick shows how location plays a big part in how physically dangerous war is. In the beginning of the story, it starts off with a Lieutenant solider being in the middle of a gunfight, but nearly escapes death. We are left to wonder which has the longer lasting affect, the visible physical scars or the more emotional ones inside? Klick uses literary devises to incorporate real life experiences of war along†¦show more content†¦Knowing that Grale knew how he was going to die, and knowing that a sniper earlier in the story was shooting him at, he wanted to defy fate. Klick is showing physical danger towards Grale by keeping cover and let his platoon deal with all the action. â€Å"Grale crouched behind the billboard and watched the disaster unfold across the street† (379). Even though Grales’ been under cover, anger and stress begins to get in control off him and he ordered one of his platoon soldiers to order in an airstrike to blow the building where the snipers been hiding. While still keeping cover, Grale try’s to see if his platoon soldiers are ok, but notices that one of his buddies; Simmons was shot in the leg. This tragedy that was caused by the sniper was used to draw out Grale, as a diversion. Grale trusted his gut, so he quickly jumped out of cover and rescued Simmons. There are emotional and humor appeals that Klick uses in his story. After Grale rescued one of his marines, emotion comes in when Grale says, â€Å"The boy’s leg was mangled pretty badly- he’d be lucky to keep it† (381). The emotion in this is seeing your friend loosing a leg, when it should hav e been his. The humor in this story is when Simmons is being carried out of the street and Grale says, â€Å"Your going to live so that cow can kill ya† (381). The humor in this