Although the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" is ironic, there are other literary elements represented in the story. Perhaps Ambrose Bierce's most famous works, in which he used images from his personal experiences during the Civil War, which add suspense to the tale. Imagination is a difficult word to define. The ability to have a daydream, or an image with vivid detail, is what imagination might be. Imagination is the key for some people to escape real life into a fantasy world. Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" uses point of view, structure, and symbolism to show the power or capacity of the imagination. Point of view was used very effectively in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek". While point of view can be effective in any story, action changes points of view in the story, creating a more shocking ending. Since most stories are not told from the author's point of view, but rather from the characters' or narrator's point of view, this story is told using third-person limited omniscient point of view. For example, the story begins with the reader finding out that a person is about to be hanged. At the moment the public does not know why anyone will be hanged. Bierce provides some guidance as to why Peyton is to be hanged, such as “his executioners – two private soldiers of the Federal Army, directed by a sergeant…” (Bierce 83). It gave readers some information about the reason for the hanging. However, he continued to keep the reader in the dark about many things. Bierce holds onto the audience's information until the right moment in the story. For example, Bierce withholds information about the circumstances behind the hanging until the hanging occurs. Bierce used it to keep the au...... at the center of the card...... Although imagination may have its limits, in everyday life it is really useful. Someone can escape from real life, into a fantasy world. However, for some people, imagination can be distracting. In the story, Peyton's imagination emerges in a way that is indescribable in real life. Works Cited Bierce, Ambrose. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Literature: An introduction to reading and writing. 10th ed. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Robert Zweig. New York: Longman 2012. 83 – 88. Print.Holladay, Hal. "An Event at Owl Creek Bridge." Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition (2004): 1-3. Literary Reference Center Plus. Network. 17 February 2014.Stoicheff, Peter. “'Something Uncanny': Dream Structure in Ambrose Bierce's 'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge'.” Studies In Short Fiction 30.3 (1993): 349. Literary reference center Plus. Rete. 17 February. 2014.