Essay_On_An_Occurrence_At_Owl_Creek_Bridge

Essay On An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is set in the South during the Civil War. One afternoon, Peyton Farquhar and his wife receive an unexpected visitor. He is a soldier on horseback, bringing news that persuades Peyton to burn a newly constructed Federal railroad bridge across Owl Creek. Unknown to Peyton, the soldier is in actuality a Federal scout. Peyton is caught before he can complete his mission, and finds himself about to be hung. Without any emotion, the soldiers of a single Federal company watch as preparations are made for the execution. In a fit of panic, he develops a plan to break free, throw off the noose and jump into the water below, escaping to the safety of home. But it is too late, as the captain nods to the sergeant and he steps off the plank. The plank tilts and Peyton falls through the bridge timbers. The fall does not break his neck, but nearly suffocates him as he struggles free himself from the rope. He jumps into the water, breaks free of the rope around his wrists and swims to the surface. Peyton climbs the peyton, story, ending, own, one, make, life, effective, about, wife, think, himself, free, film, federal, death, creek, bridge, way, water, war, tragedy, time, surprise, soldiers, soldier, situation, setting, rope, plank, people, owl, outcomes, outcome, off