An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge

The beginning of this story is the even that is being foreshadowed to. The second and the third parts of the story are what makes up why Farquhar is about to be hung by two infantry men. The beginning scene is very vivid and detailed. As he is hanging from a noose waiting for the the sergeants to stop of the platform, he starts getting these thoughts while he is watching the stream below him. He sees a log and envisions him being that log, floating up stream and into safety where he can be with his family again in safe grounds. So, at first, the reader feels really bad for this man because they do not know why he is being hung. In the second part the audience learns a little bit about the history of Farquhar and how he had gotten to the hanging. Then, the third part is back to the hanging where the platforms are released, and the noose breaks sending Farquhar down into the steam. Multiple gun shots are fired at him, and he avoids them all, eventually being plunged onto land where he can run to safety. He runs back to his house to meet his wife, when he is suddenly shot in the back of the neck and died. This story is very sad. I do not like the story line at all. The views of this writer are based on lots of details and the audience almost has to figure out the story for themselves. The opinions of Thoreau though are basically stated. Thoreau knows his opinions and he speaks them wisely. I almost feel like Thoreau is a man who makes his own luck and when he wants to see something change, he does. I think that Ambrose is the same way. He gets into sticky situations, just like Thoreau did when he was put in jail, and they both find a way to get their points across and still be saved from whatever is causing them harm. I think that when comparing them, they are the two most significant writers that I have seen so far that have completely different stories, but overall they have the same concepts and are fighting for the same things.

Bierce, Ambrose. "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce; I Page 1." Page By Page Books. Read Classic Books Online, Free. Page By Page Books, 2004. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. <http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Ambrose_Bierce/An_Occurrence_At_Owl_Creek_Bridge/I_p1.html>.