Intro to Fiction Short Story Analysis Death, what a powerful and tremendous word. Just the word, "death," brings a feeling or thought that you just can't describe. Different people have different views and opinions on death, as Ambrose Bierce portrayed in the short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." In this story, Bierce went through a man's last thoughts as he was being put to death. Throughout the story many key symbols and certain …
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…death, but in this story it shows how everything can fall into place like a person wants it to, it is just a matter of how you look at it and what road they will take in that last moment of judgment. Miller 5 Works Cited Bierce, Ambrose. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Literature for Composition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, et al. 5th ed. New York: Longman, 2000. 488-494. Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary @ http://www.m-w.com