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October 26, 2020

“Suppose a man—a civilian and student of hanging—should elude the picket post and perhaps get the better of the sentinel,” said Fahrquhar, smiling, “what could he accomplish?” The soldier re ected. “I was there a month ago,” he replied. “I observed that the ood of last winter had lodged a great quantity of driftwood against the wooden pier at this end of the bridge. It is now dry and would burn like tow.” - “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ( Chapter II) After finishing the story, I came back to look at this passage for clues as I found it interesting. It begins with Fahrquhar questioning the solider in gray about what a civilian could do in order to cause a disturbance to the yanks. The soldier answers Fahrquhar very plainly, and seems to choose the information he lets him in on carefully, maybe the soldier did this purposely? The soldier tells Fahrquhar that if someone were to tamper with anything to do with the Yank’s railroad, bridges, tunnels,

Thinking Question

October 30, 2020

What examples of foreshadowing do you see in Bierce’s writing in this story? Do they make the knots of the story tie together in the end?

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November 02, 2020

The way that Peyton has that vivid dream about his happy family and coming home to them reminded me of an article I saw a while ago about the dreams of the dying. When someone is about to die, they usually experience an extremely realistic dream that is most commonly filled with relatives and loved ones, both dead and alive. These dreams are known as being a “last comfort” to the person, like seeing his family’s smiling faces would have been for Peyton. This story also reminds me of all of the times I’ve had dreams so vivid and realistic that when I woke up from them, it was hard to convince myself they never actually occurred. While I, dreaming away, am thinking that I’m riding a horse, or flying, I’m actually just laying in my bed. The confusion and shock of waking up from such a dream is similar to the feeling I felt when I read the ending of this short story.

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