Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
Born - June 24th, 1842 in Meigs County, Ohio
Died - ??? in Chihuahua, Mexico
LITERATURE CONNECTIONS
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was unique for it's time period because of the use of flashback & flash forward sequences. This is a a technique we commonly see today in books & movies, but Bierce was one of the 1st to use this plot structure in American Literature. "Lost," an American TV show that aired in the early 2000s, centered around a plane crash on a deserted island in which some of the passengers survived. Sawyer, one of the passengers, was often pictured reading books that survived the wreck. In one episode, we see Sawyer very clearly reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Astute viewers recognized the inclusion of the book to be an "Easter Egg" - a clue the show creators were fond of hiding in each episode. The inclusion of Owl Creek Bridge added to the debate - Did the passengers really survive or was the entire show a dream sequence or some sort of afterlife experience? Some people enjoy this type of plot stru...
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