tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887611099343215170.post8763991308061463728..comments2024-03-08T11:30:06.141-05:00Comments on By Any Other Nerd: Short Story #321: Killed at Resaca by Ambrose BierceLance Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781437456030157583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887611099343215170.post-35253077987963584132022-12-23T23:38:28.583-05:002022-12-23T23:38:28.583-05:00For the most part I agree with "Unknown"...For the most part I agree with "Unknown" (August 6, 2021). Far from being enthralled by the shallow, foolish girl, the narrator is revolted by her. He lies about Rayle's passing for two reasons, I think: firstly, because, as "Unknown observes, he considers this woman a venomous thing and secondly, because he realizes that such a self-absorbed and thoughtless person as she could even derive pleasure from having so influenced her man that he died to earn her favorable opinion. This the narrator cannot and does not permit.Professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887611099343215170.post-26048834089498003062021-08-06T12:16:35.200-04:002021-08-06T12:16:35.200-04:00I don't think the narrator lies to protect her...I don't think the narrator lies to protect her feelings -- he says flat out that he detests her. He says Rayle was "bitten by a snake" because that is what he considers her to be..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147291147552554498noreply@blogger.com