Ambrose Bierce's Argumentative Essay

In “Chickamauga,” Bierce’s dark short story focuses on the devastation that war causes. As the Civil War takes place a little boy that is off playing in the woods and discovers the gruesome scene that has unfolded. The little boy witnesses horrific events in front of him when the soldiers are described as “A face that lacked a lower jaw--from the upper teeth to the throat was a great red gap fringed with hanging shreds of flesh and splinters of bone” (Bierce 316). In Mountain Victory William Faulkner also looks into the problems that war causes. The Civil War has ended and a former Confederate soldier and his slave are trying to make it home to Mississippi.

Throughout the battle only three soldiers died for both the Confederate and the Union and a compact total of 35 soldiers wounded. Braxton Bragg’s report of this battle is surprisingly short for over a 10-day battle. Bragg’s report was only two pages long and only four paragraphs long. In this report, there is only one time where the reports of an important detail are correct between the Union and Confederate. Bragg was on watch and was quick to respond when he received information because he knew that the Union had outnumbered them. Also, the confederate had no horses and hardly any weapons or artillery. “The enemy exceeded us in numbers, and was well intrenched from sea to river, a distance not exceeding one mile.” (Bragg

Jimmie Cates is a forty-four-year-old first felony offender who is requesting a pardon with restoration of firearms for his conviction of Simple Burglary. He was sentenced to serve two years hard labor in the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Mr. Cates has one arrest for the instant offense and was placed on supervised probation. He completed his term of probation successfully and has no probation or parole revocations.

Racial inequality, excessive punishment, unfair trials, wrongful convictions and improper treatment of children and the mentally ill are just some of the main reasons why attorney, Bryan Stevenson, decided to found the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).

Dave Pelzer has endured so much in his past. The years of abuse that seemed like a never ending maze of torture, were like a routine of beatings to him. The wicked games that his mother played on him and the bizarre ways of practicing them, felt like an eternity for a 12 year old boy. Nevertheless, for every darkest storm there is a shining ray. The ray of hope that has fueled Pelzer's motivation to strive for the best, for his freedom, and for a brighter future. Pelzer's journey to finding the power to continue begins by acceptance; accepting the fact that he is an abuse victim. Once the acceptance has been initialized, the healing process begins to take place.

For three years past, trade had been getting worse and worse, and the price of provisions higher and higher. This disparity between the amount of the earnings of the working classes and the price of their food, occasioned, in more cases than could well be imagined, disease and death. Whole families went through a gradual starvation. They only wanted a Dante to record their sufferings. And yet even his words would fall short of the awful truth; they could only present an outline of the tremendous facts of the destitution that surrounded thousands upon thousands in the terrible years 1839, 1840, and 1841. Even philanthropists who had studied the subject, were forced to own themselves perplexed in their endeavour to ascertain the real causes of the misery; the whole matter was of so complicated a nature, that it became next to impossible to understand it thoroughly.

Much of the first half of the story focuses on the conflict between civilian and soldier. Our protagonist Peyton Farquhar is, by nearly any standards, a patriot. With a handicap preventing him from fully participating in the Civil War, he does everything within the confines of his disability to help the South. No task too menial, no danger too great, Peyton was willing to do anything he could to give the Confederacy an edge over the North. There is, perhaps, a parallel between Farquhar 's mysterious ailment and the asthma that plagued Bierce since childhood (“Ambrose Bierce”). Though it didn’t prevent him from serving in the military himself, I would contend that he goes to some length to point out that even those that are not fully physically capable can still accomplish great things and contribute to a ‘greater good.’

After being struck in the head by a bullet during a battle, the recouperating time gave Bierce time to write calling on his actual war time memories and experiences to fuel the ideas for these tales.

Some people think William was a hero and some think he was an outlaw. William did not obey the law or bow down to a king so some people say he is bad. Other people think that he did not bow down because he was an evil king. He also saved Switzerland. I think that William Tell was an amazing hero that is not afraid. He did not bow to a king. The king made him almost kill his son and he killed a king.

History has to wait a long time before great people are born. Great people are not born every day. As we know, there have been many celebrated and renowned people who received this fame due to their great works. For instance, Dr. Martin, George Washington. In the same way, a great creative writer George Saunders was born in 1985, who became popular because of his creative writing.

The Christophers were hired by an undisclosed 3rd party to take pictures of the Du Pont facility. Workers notice an airplane circling above the plant and an investigation is launched immediately. It is determined that the Christophers are the ones in the plane and contact is made between both plaintiff and defendant. The Christophers are asked to disclose the name of the person or corporation by Du Pont and refuse.

“An Army’s bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.” (Ambrose Bierce 1) The author, Ambrose Bierce, was a first Lieutenant in the Union Army from 1861-1865 and wrote a short story called “The Mockingbird”, to reflect upon his life on the battlefield. He served his country on numerous battlefields, including Shiloh, the one he mentions in great detail within his story. It was clear early on that Bierce was driven to succeed. In his life, he dealt with many tragedies but he also proved he would never be deterred. To him, sustaining success was just as important as achieving success—perhaps more so—and it didn’t happen overnight. He continued to advance in life despite obstacles, and just like the character in the book, they both endured the same challenges. “The Mockingbird” reflects upon a main character named Private William Graylock, who aspires to be a brave war hero; however, he battles his own unethical character flaws by fabricating his own stories and his battles with his own psychological issues.

Ezer hounded Navie about how his magic made him reckless and stupid, about how simple bandits had made him fell from the horse, how that same horse flew away from him... The list went on and on, be it full of real flaws or just nitpicking, Ezer used his own experience living and fighting lacking everything as a blanket support for any argument he made. If Navie behaved like this was because he didn't have to kill someone with his bare hands, if Navie behaved like that was because he hadn't been starving on a trench for days... and so on, and on, and on. Anything and everything was suitable to not recognize how useful his domain over magic was.

Farquhar is known to be genuinely dedicated to the South, yet he refuses to become a confederate soldier. In Farquhar’s point of view becoming a soldier means to take orders from the captain, which Bierce manifests the demonstration when the captain signals to the sergeant to step aside. When Farquhar was seconds away from his death, he

So how does love begin? When two people come together there is some sort of attraction or emotional drive, for instance you might share the same interest in music or athletic activities with another person. From there depending on the persons taste and preference a relationship of some type whether it be romantic or platonic begins to develop. Bertocci’s ultimate goal was to build a better society by not seeing people as sex objects; but to grow to love one another in the hopes of bringing up humans who value one of life’s most gratifying experiences.