War is an inspiration for many writers, and many writers feel great agony and horror at the atrocities of war. Of all American writers, Ambrose Bierce is considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of war stories ever. His blunt, yet descriptive stories certainly put forward strong feelings about war, and how he feels about it while still maintaining an interesting storyline that keeps the reader interested. None of his stories, however, have a happy ending.
It seems to me that all of the stories by Ambrose Bierce that we read in class have sad endings because they all have the…
