ENGL 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Near-Death Experience, Ambrose Bierce, Patti Smith
2 Oct 2016
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An occurrence at owl creek bridge ambrose bierce. The twenty slave rule: jefferson davis, president of the american confederacy. Passed first conscription act in american history (1862) All southern white males (18-35) to go to military. Age was later raised to 50: almost anyone could escape military services by paying someone to go in for you. Ministers, civil servants, pharmacists, journalists, railroad workers or those who owned 20+ slaves were exempt from the draft: became a rich mans war and a poor mans fight. Near death experiences: when this was written, term near death experience didn"t have currency as it does today. Wasn"t defined and codified: bierce had a near death experience but was never public about it, most common qualities are: Moving within or toward a white or yellow light. A sense of being out of one"s body. Having a sense of understanding with great clarity.
