Bierce/Occurrence at Owl Creek

Ambrose Bierce is a veteran hero as well as a famous writer. He has fought in the Shiloh, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary ridge, which have been noted to be some of the bloodiest battles ever. He grew up with an unhappy childhood which are reflected in his work. I think that also the deaths while in the service also play a role in his work. He is known for his stories filled with deaths and separated children and parents. With this being said, his story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was of coarse of non-other than death. The story starts out telling about a man staring down into the water with his hands tied behind him and a noose tied around his neck. He was Im sure thinking about his soon arriving death. He continues to tell how the man, Payton Farquhar, could only think of his family and how he would love to see them. How if he could somehow escape how great that would be. He also describes he fall and how the rope breaks and he falls some twenty feet. This allows him to fall in the water and swim to safety. The soldiers were still shooting ammunition at him but luckily they did not hit him. He continued to swim until he reached land and was almost home with his family until he gets shot again! Until the end you do not realize that the who time he is still tied up and only dreaming of his escape.