The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories

Aslan/Jill An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

TC 2. How did the ending change the way you interpreted events in the story?

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This is one of my favorite short-stories of all time, I use it with my students every year exactly because of the way its consistently interpreted. The reader comes to believe Peyton has escaped, and up until the very end..... we believe it.

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