Ambrose Bierce/an Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

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...critic Daniel Lindley writes that Bierce wrote "more sharply of life than Mark Twain" and more "chillingly of war" than Stephen Crane" (24). The literary talent that Lindley refers to is quite evident in Bierce's chilling short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," which is undoubtedly one of best examples in literature of an author stopping time to analyze one crucial moment. The effect that Bierce achieves in his short story arises largely out of his fine manipulation of point of view. When the reader finds out at the end of the narrative that the protagonist is dead, it comes of something of a shock. However, by looking at how Bierce handles point of view throughout the story, it can be seen that Bierce foreshadows this conclusion, and that the conclusion grows organically from Bierce's utilization of perspective.
First of all, Bierce sets the scene for his narrative by minutely describing the scene as a man, a civilian of about thirty five years of age,...

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