"beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. his face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic. they were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death." this excerpt from "the sniper" describes a. setting. b. conflict. c. character. d. rising action.

C. Character.

Explanation:

The short story of "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty tells the story of a Republican sniper in a war of bullets against an enemy sniper who later turns out to be his own brother.

The excerpt in the question is from the initial paragraph of the story which gives a detailed description of the Republican sniper, our protagonist. The details such as "the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic" or "eyes of a man who is used to looking at death" gave the shape of the character. We also know about his profession with the inclusion of the detail "rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses". All these details of the second paragraph of the short story gave us the character of the sniper.

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explanation:

given the fact that the question is about the detail that best support the idea that oppressive leaders use   propaganda to achieve thir goals,   the first option does not refer to any kind of propaganda, since it only tells about that the milk and the windfall apple should be reserved for the pigs. in the second option, that is, "snowball and napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on the neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the rebellion, and teach them the tune of "beasts of england". it can be identified that the oppressors make use of the propaganda, which is represented by the pigeons, and the information they have to tell other animals about what was happening in the farm in order to get their objectives. for that reason, the right answer is the second option, taking into account that the third option do not refer to propaganda since it only talks about that they did not want jones back. and, finally, the last option refers to the result of the given news, but it does not mean about the propaganda they used to achieve their goals.