The Horsemen in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce Essay

up to find the head of his horse on the pillow beside him, also a

So we went to the corral of the soldiers’ quarters, and while we were there a soldier came up to the captain and said: “We have him, and everything is ready.” With that the captain dispatched several other soldiers, and everyone headed down toward the cemetery. There were a lot of other people following, too, and when we got to the cemetery the soldiers made everyone stand back as far as the stone wall. Then they stood the man against the wall and shot him.” Gander

The first line grips the reader as the narrator states the horse's present condition. To state that "One side of his world is always

Atop the horse was a twig of a man clad in clothes you’d typically wear after your Sunday church prayer session- Maybe that’s where he came from. It would make sense, people took worship a lot more seriously in this type of place.

From the image we can see a knight riding a powerful horse through a craggy ravine in the presence of death and the devil. Ominously, death holds up an hourglass representing the knights futility as time runs out. Interestingly enough, death appears to be traveling with the knight while the devil can be seen in the background, stalking in the shadows. Alongside the knight, perhaps placing itself in between the knight and danger is a dog. Given that there is all this darkness and danger around the knight and despite being mocked by death; the knight doesn't look around himself but instead looks straight forward, his focus on the journey ahead.

The piece depicts a famous winning race horse in a mid bucking motion, in front of a solid light brown background. It was painted by George Stubbs in 1762, Shortly before the American revolution. The painting was a commission for the owner of the horse, King George III. The painting was going to have King George III on it, but it’s been claimed that the artist wanted to focus on the horse.

The horseman was known to be a warrior that got his head shot off during a battle. I’ve heard stories about him my whole life. Many people say he remains in the woods of Sleepy Hollow looking for his lost head. Although I’ve heard all these stories, I have never personally experienced it myself, probably because I was too busy falling in love with Katrina VanTassel.

Peering around, I can see everyone but my former mentor, so to busy myself, I try and acquaintance myself with the horses.

Nature: Gericault had a fascination with English landscape thus painting a horse racing scene. The clouds in the sky show a variety of different emotions. The clouds tend to go from light to dark displaying an atmospheric pressure of dejection. Emotion: Emotion is widely seen throughout the painting given by both the horses and the individuals. The emotion being displayed shows strength and intensity to win the

And so quietly too. He looked up at the birds seeing there colorless gray colors that matched the sky. They were walking carelessly on the iron railing. He heard a noise in the distance , but he wasn't frightened. He has heard it before. Hundreds maybe thousands of times? He couldn't remember. Mabye forever. It got louder.a million horse hooves all coming at once.

Zechariah had a vision of a man on a red horse by the myrtle trees. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. They serve as a patrol for God to make sure everything is okay on earth.

In the dark of the night the city of Manehattan stood. Lights from buildings with ponies still about, in the city that never sleeps. Three stallions two of which were guards inside of an abandoned office building. The two guards stood outside the office. With the door shut to their boss who was inside counting the counterfeited money he’d made during the week.

There are four figures and two horses in this painting. Each of the horses are centered and facing horizontally with very few vertical lines. The majority of the painting is smooth flowing without jagged, sharp or straight lines.

“The raiding party is about six hours ahead of us at your human walking speed. If you had more horses, we could quickly overtake them, but your other horses who escaped the attack are gone. I followed their trail for an hour back toward your farm and this is the only horse I found.”

I must find Blaze”, Ray replied. Half an hour later, Ray left with one water cask, his sword, bow, and arrows, to find his horse. With not even a map, Ray wondered how he would find his horse.