An_Occurance_At_Owl_Creek_Bridge

An Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge Throughout the story, we are able to see of different of a world Ambrose Bierce lived in compared to the one that we know. This is the first part of the story that noticed, because in today’s world, no man would ever be hung, let alone executed for tampering with a bridge. Peyton Farquhar grew up as a rich southerner. He had everything that a man could want at that point in time: a wife, children, land and slaves. However, he had always felt something was missing. Due to the fact he was unable to fight in the army, he did not feel like he was really a man. This is why he was willing to anything as “no service was too humble to him to perform in aid of the south, no adventure too perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was a soldier at heart”. Farquhar was blinded by his enthusiasm at it ultimately resulted in his demise. His actions to tamper with the bridge did not completely end in failure. The illusion of escape and heroism that he went through prior to his death, was the most alive he has ever farquhar, man, bridge, one, because, water, really, felt, escape, death, bierce, world, wife, way, watch, tongue, time, surprised, story, speed, something, soldier, reader, point, peyton, perspective, notices, noise, neck, military, lived, life, historical, hero, hanging, great