answered: I don’t know and I don’t care. - Richard Pratt‚ Pacific Computer Weekly‚ 20 July 1990 "Time is a great teacher‚ but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." -- (Louis) Hector Berlioz Academy: A modern school where football is taught. - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil’s Dictionary‚ 1911 An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made‚ in a narrow field. - Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Education ... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish
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action of shooting his father as moral. Kant was an ethicist that believed that morality was based on duty‚ that ethics is absolute‚ not conditional‚ and is based on reason‚ not feelings. (Pojman‚ Vaughn 309) That is exactly the dilemma that Ambrose Bierce writes Carter Druse into in the short story A Horseman in the Sky. I feel there are several parts of the story that flip back and forth between being moral and not being moral or maybe the better words would be that it is ironic on many levels
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War is romanticized by those who have never experienced the carnage and atrocity brought about by humankind’s worst moments. It is thought of as something larger than one’s self to serve with distinction. Civilians call those who survive‚ as well as those who gave all‚ the title of hero. War brings with it demons in many forms. There is nothing romantic about war. It encourages individuals to gamble away what they have for the possibility of something greater‚ which may never come to fruition
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Peyton that is getting hanged and dreams that he gets to see his family one last time but before he opens the door to his house he sees a white light and dies. Even though “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce have many distinct differences‚
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ability to expose the dark side of humankind and is a harbinger of novels and films dealing with psychological realism. Poe’s work has influenced genres as diverse as French symbolist poetry and Hollywood horror films‚ and writers as diverse as Ambrose Bierce and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Tell-Tale Heart: Introduction." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale‚ 1998. eNotes.com. January
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Week Five CheckPoint: Moral Character Viewpoints The connection between habit and moral character In defining the connection between habit and moral character my group’s views were very similar. Most described certain habits such as nail biting or smoking as being a habit but one that does not define someone as having bad moral character. Someone who is a habitual liar‚ steals or intentionally harms other people as a habit would be defined as someone who has bad moral character. However the
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can be useful ways to begin. It would also be beneficial to read a selection of short stories before you start writing your own narrative. Short Stories on the Web: Appointment With Love‚ S.I. Kishor An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ Ambrose Bierce The Tell Tale Heart‚ Edgar Allan Poe The Yellow Wallpaper‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman Flies‚ Patricia Grace Boy‚ Frank Sargeson The Fat Boy‚ Owen Marshall A Visit of Charity‚ Eudora Welty The Lottery‚ Shirley Jackson Good Country People
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doesn’t like to use complex syntax to confuse the reader‚ but instead hopes to achieve his/her point by getting straight to the purpose in the piece they are writing. An example of where this technique is used to full effect is a piece written by Ambrose Bierce known as “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. The short story talks about Farquhar who is sentenced to death but throughout the whole story the
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Have you ever had the feeling of being scared to the max and see your life pass by in a flash? This story written by Ambrose Bierce illustrates the struggle and deep thinking that the character feels while getting his life taken away. ¨An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge¨ is a suspenseful‚ thrilling‚ and a chilling story. Peyton Farquhar struggles to escape during the hanging of other people including himself. As Peyton Farquhar rushes through the labyrinth of woods he finds himself hopeless. He just
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The title‚ "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is an extremely interesting title making you want to read the story. The word "Occurrence" in the titlet made me want to find out what the "Occurrence" was. The title made me start thinking about what the story really could be about. The main character is a planter named Peyton Farquar. Farquar wanted to be a soldier in the civil war fighting on the Confederates side‚ but instead of fighting he stayed home to care for his family and farm
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