Ambrose Bierce: His contribution to Literature

Ambrose Bierce was an American newspaper columnist, satirist, essayist, short-story writer, and novelist, an enigmatic figure, and some say he was simply a cold-hearted bitter person. His death is still a mystery, but in 1913 Bierce set off for Mexico and stated, “If you ever hear of my being stood up against a Mexican Stone wall and being shot to rags please know it is a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old …

…Ambrose Bierce’s writing style is very strange, but readers seem to have enjoyed his new and fresh writing style. He had a way of telling it how it is, no matter how gruesome or sickening. He was a contribution to literature by being one of the first to not worry about what people thought, and had an unique writing style that could not be matched. His attitude was a powerful force in American Literature.