20 pages 40 minutes read

Ambrose Bierce

Chickamauga

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1984

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Essay Topics

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Why do you think that the author chose to leave the child unnamed? How does it make you see the boy? 

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Why do you think that the boy, after playing imaginary war games by himself, is suddenly terrified by the sight of a rabbit? What do you think that this says about him? 

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What do you understand of the hero’s background, and how it has formed his outlook? What are some things that his background has not prepared him for?