Job #3 - Literature Connections - Compare & Contrast

In comparing the style of Irving (Legend of Sleepy Hollow) and Bierce (An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge), there are noticeable differences.  They both wrote with the writing technique that was popular during their time.  Realism became popular during the civil war because people wanted to read things they could relate to.  The Gothic/Romantic style on the other hand developed in the late 1700s that focused on the supernatural and things that are hard to explain.  Yes, some things in An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge are hard to explain, but it is much more realistic than the ghosts and the other strange happenings in Legend of a Sleepy Hallow.  I personally enjoy the realism style much better.  I would rather read about things that happen in everyday life that I can relate to than the unexplainable Gothic/Romantic style.