The story states that the sniper "has the cold glint of a fanatic in his eyes", showing that he is used to war. Additionally, by stating "he has a habit of looking at death", it reveals that the sniper had seen many dead human beings and killed them. When the sniper eats his sandwich, the author says he does so with hunger, that is, by instinct like an animal. Even when he smokes, he does so quickly thanks to the training he received to become a sniper, his discipline. When the sniper kills the other sniper to complete the story, his curiosity leads him to discover the identity of the person he killed. Become aware of the bitterness and evil that the war brought out in him. Eventually, the sniper looks the man in the eyes and discovers that the man is his brother, in effect saying that the sniper killed another human being because of the evil within him.