My Favorite Story - What Makes a Good Story

Throughout this whole unit, the short story unit, my personal favorite was "The Sniper". My favorite short story was "The Sniper" because of the dramatic climax and resolution. The story shocked me when the sniper ruthlessly killed the old lady and the man in the turret. I was surprised that people had the guts and the nerve to kill another person feeling proud of themselves. And then after the sniper had cleverly faked his death and then killed the opposing sniper I didn't think it could get more dramatic and exciting than that, but I was wrong. At the very end when the sniper felt he needed to take a look at who he murdered, it turned out to be his brother. The thing that makes all stories interesting is their climax. Without it, it would just be a build up of tension and then immediately go to all calm and as if nothing had happened. The climax makes the story exciting and more interesting. This shows how badly families were against each other just because of two different sides.