I also loved the fact that the story ended the way it did, 'Between the teeth was a fragment of the animal's ear ' Bam, it stops right there ,with so much to think about, i loved that I didn't totally understand the story, I only understood 90% of it, because i thought she was really dead, so in the end I had to find an explication to finding a fragment of the panther's ear in the dead woman's mouth : i came to 2 :ġ- she became alive and bit the panther's ear (unlikely to happen)Ģ-the gunshot hit the panther's ear and a fragment fell in the dead woman's mouth (possible if the mouth is open)īut only today after I searched on google that she wasn't dead and that Murlock mistaked her for being dead ! The idea that murlock lived in a house in the forest with no lights in his house made the story even better ! the primitivity of one man's live ! In that quote ,while I was reading it, i thought maybe his wife gave bearth to a child !īut it turned to be a vicious black panther ! I loved the description, in this quote and generally in the whole story. 'At that moment came in through the open window a long, wailing sound like the cry of a lost child in the far deeps of the darkening wood !' To be a Gringo in Mexico-ah, that is euthanasia!'Īn extremely fascinating and mysterious short story, i loved it !

It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs.

If you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags, please know that I think it is a pretty good way to depart this life. He wrote in one of his final letters: 'Good-bye. He is believed to have traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution.ĭespite an abundance of theories, Bierce's ultimate fate remains a mystery. This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, the theme of war, and impossible events.īierce disappeared in December 1913 at the age of 71. Morrow.īierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic, with his motto 'nothing matters' – earned him the nickname 'Bitter Bierce.'ĭespite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W. Today, he is best known for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist.

The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce