As for the post I know is a tad bit late but I thought I would much rather have read everything and actually have good input that just make something up for a grade.
Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce honestly brought tears to my eyes and a solid lump to my throat. At first I thought that it was a great short story and then the farther I read the more it related to two things in my mind. A terrific horrifying story about the scarring of a childs life that I don't want to hear/read, and a Zombie apocalypse storyline. The reason why I bring the zombie theme up is because in a way this is very similar to that theme. Bierce is technically describing the end of this childs world as well as the one thing that could make a deaf mute make any form of noise what so ever.
A Private History by Mark Twain was a very interesting story. I always wondered if there was a short story following the experiences of a Confederate soldier. There is one similarity that I am realizing not only with these two stories but with any realist writer that writes about the Civil War. They all write as if it is the end of the world. I understand why and they have a valid point because it is such a huge point in history and the death toll was exponentially greater than anything previously or for that matter later on too. (Other that the World Wars)
Interesting connection, that both stories write as if the world were coming to an end. Do you see any evidence in the texts for that? It would help your case if you could quote a line or more from each story to back up that idea.
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