die, but the story makes it seems that he escapes. In reality it was all an allusion in his head, he

really dies. Bierce is trying to prove that you may think things up when you know you’re about to

face death, esoecially things you want to really happen.

The time is the middle of the Civil War, and Farquhar's plantation lies thirty miles to the

south of Owl Creek Bridge. It is his hope to arrive at the bridge well before the Union Army does,

and use the driftwood scattered about the area as kindling to burn the bridge down. The Union

forces were infamous for burning down plantation homes as they progressed through the South,

and Farquhar's act was a last-ditch effort to save his home and family.

Peyton Farquhar, standing on a bridge with a noose around his neck, awaits his death

from hanging. The rope snaps when he is released and by dodging bullets and cannon balls he

manages to escape. After running for a while, Peyton loses consciousness and wakes up walking

into his yard. There waiting to greet him is his wife. The s

The point of view of a story can help to clearify the central idea. Bierce chooses the third

tory ends with Peyton hanging from the

anyway possible, even if only mentally. The point of view one has creates different experiences

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