"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" By: Ambrose Bierce

I found this story to be interesting. The author used a lot of detail to describe what was going on. For example in the beginning of the story he describes the bridge and where all the men are located, and also the process of hanging; how they men would step off of the boards. I thought that there was a good plot in the story. The man who was being hung in the story was trying to escape from the noose. Which he did once. I thought that it was interesting how he accepted the fact that he was going to die. They only reason he tried to escape was the thought of his family. He did not try to escape for his satisfaction but for his families. Another plot in the story was to kill the man. The army tried this first by hanging but the rope broke, and then they tried to shoot him in the water as he swam away. They ended up succeeding by catching him at his home, and they ended up hanging him from the bridge.