Ambrose Bierce

An Evaluation of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” The film “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” written by Ambrose Bierce and then directed by Robert Enrico is a French masterpiece of a psychological thriller that contains a fair amount of drama, mystery, and tragedy. It was a successful film and with numerous shifts of emotions, this film is an example of one with great storytelling, acting, and cinematography to mold it into a successful short film. To begin with, the most generic yet…

Over the last 153 years, American culture, society, and history have all been drastically changed. Authors from all over the country and from different time periods kept track of these changes through writing literature about their lives. Many of the poems, stories, and plays were America’s first form of broadcast news. Literature would spark revolutions that could cause change. Three changes that shaped America into what it is known as today were: women gaining independence, the integration of…

The Grotesque theme used in stories is one that causes the reader to react and take the step towards a deeper thinking. The idea of Grotesque in writing is somewhere in-between comedy and frightening. Grotesqueness can be something as simple as a story about a misshapen man to a story about a man’s fall to a state psychological terror. In the case of grotesque stories with a goal of terror the events of the story can be seen as unthinkable, disgusting, and confusing in a way of distortion for…

In 1997, a cover of National Review featured President William Jefferson Clinton, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore in yellowface, completed with buck-teeth, squinty eyes, and stereotypical Asian accessories and wardrobe (e.g., a straw “Coolie” hat, a Maoist Red Guard uniform). In 2004, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle featured two Asian-American leads, both of whom played stereotypical Asian roles. The identity of Asian Americans has long been constructed through…

Delusion Ambrose Bierce said it best. “All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.” Delusion plays an important role in all of our lives, and the analysis of it can broaden our perspective on the world we live in. In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” some of the characters represent and exhibit several distinct types of delusion. We do not see all types of delusion in their behavior, for there are countless forms of it in our world.…

Are humans morally good or bad? This seems to be the question everyone wants an answer to, but really neither of these answers is the correct one. Humans aren 't necessarily morally good or bad, they are neutral. People will face many different situations throughout their lives that 'll change the way their mentality is set and test how they 'll react to certain scenarios. A person can 't be defined as good or bad simply because they do something positive or negative once in a while throughout…

picture in ones head with words, rather than just telling what happened. They want to create thought. Some of the most popular realists of literature are Henry James, Rebecca Harding Davis, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mark Twain, William Dean Howells and Ambrose…