Girls

"The Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce has many meanings in the title that makes it such an intriguing story. The title can mean any of four things if not all of them: a silhouette of a horseman on a cliff, the actual falling of the horseman from the cliff, the hypothetical meaning of Mr. Druse falling from heaven, and the irony of how Carter just called his father a horseman. The last of the four is ironic because to Carter, his father in war is just another soldier. It seemed like he didn’t even acknowledge that the horseman is his father. The hypothetical meaning is after Carter kills his dad, and the falling of his dad could have been like an angel coming down from heaven.


Carter Druse lives in Virginia with his mom and dad. One day a Union regiment comes down, and Carter decides to join it. His father being a true Virginian, says, "go sir, and whatever may occur do what you conceive to be your duty. Virginia, to which you are a traitor, must get on without you. Should...