In this suspenseful, curiosity story “Chickamauga” written by Ambrose Bierce, diving into the imagination of a six-year-old coming from generations of warriors; he soon begins to take on the discoveries and challenges of his own. Furthering throughout the story, the reader realizes the youthfulness and vigor of the main character while he's "confronted with the new and formidable enemy", the child's emotions grasp onto his imagination picturing the enemy as "a rabbit". Moreover, the story takes on more of a suspenseful and realistic shift as his imagination of wars fade of his enemy encounter with the rabbit as his true reality comes into focus "still grasping the toy sword, no longer a weapon but a companion", leads to him receiving a
