Critical Essay on Ambrose Bierce and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), better known as "Bitter Bierce" is one of the most mysterious writers of all time. His life is portrayed as an example of one of his pieces, a life with no apparent ending but more of a disappearance. His style was ill-humored, grotesque, and very unorthodox. Throughout the story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", Bierce uses ample examples of realism, yet he detests it.
The story begins when Peyton Farquhar is about to be executed by hanging; with a rope around his neck, He stands on a plank on the edge of a bridge, and when the plank is removed he will fall into the water below, yet never reaching it, due to the shortness of the rope which will both break his neck and strangle him.
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