Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chinhu chinoshamisa chekuenzanisa-zvinyorwa chakataurwa pabasa raPrus, iro rakafanana neiyo yemuAmerican nguva yake, Ambrose Bierce (1842<unk>1914). Vose vakaberekerwa uye vakarerwa kumaruwa uye vakanga "Polish" kubatana (Bierce, akaberekwa makore mashanu pamberi Prus, akarerwa Kosciusko County, Indiana, uye vakapinda chikoro chesekondari panguva County chigaro, Warsaw, Indiana). Vose vakava vanhu vakakuvadzwa muhondo nekurohwa musoro muhondo<unk>Prus muna 1863 muPolish 1863<unk>65 Uprising
; Bierce muna 1864 muAmerican Civil War. Mumwe nomumwe akawana mavambo enhema mune mamwe mabasa, uye pazera remakore makumi maviri nemashanu akava mutori wenhau kwemakore makumi mana anotevera; akakundikana kuchengetedza basa semupepeti mukuru; akawana mukurumbira semunyori wenyaya pfupi; akarasikirwa nemwanakomana mumamiriro ezvinhu anosuruvarisa (Prus, mwanakomana akagamuchirwa; Bierce, vanakomana vake vaviri); akawana mhedzisiro inoshamisa yekuseka nekuratidzira udyire hwevanhu (Prus kunyanya mu "Farao", Bierce mu "Duramazwi raDhiyabhorosi"); yakateverwa kubva paudiki hwepakutanga nedambudziko rehutano (Prus, agoraphobia; Bierce, asthma); uye akafa mukati memakore maviri emumwe (Prus muna 1912; Bierce angangodaro muna 1914). Zvisinei, Prus, kusiyana naBierce, akapfuurira kubva munhau pfupi kunyorera enganonyorwa.