In the Ambrose Bierce story “Chickamauga”, he uses the description of how the child saw the soldiers that were crawling through the grass, and how afraid of them he was at first. He wasn’t sure what they were until he noticed that they were closer to him. “They were men. They crept upon their hands and knees; they used their hands only, dragging their legs; they used their knees only, their arms hanging useless at their sides; they strove to rise their feet, but feel prone in the attempt” (Ambrose, 139).
In the story, he doesn’t mention an actual battle happening in the story, but by reading through it, you can see through his descriptions on how the men are hurt, and also by how they are dressed. “Scattered about upon the ground, now
In the story, he doesn’t mention an actual battle happening in the story, but by reading through it, you can see through his descriptions on how the men are hurt, and also by how they are dressed. “Scattered about upon the ground, now