Essay About Great Stories And Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and the Story of an Hour
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and The Story of an Hour
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and The Story of an Hour are
both great stories. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge starts with a man
named Peyton Fahrquhar about to be hanged in northern Alabama for trying
to burn down a bridge. Before and while being hung he has illusions that he
is free a and has escaped making it back to his home, where his wife is
waiting with his children. Towards the end of the story his neck is broken
and he dies with a visual that he had in the last minutes of his life. In the
Story of an Hour Mrs. Mallard has some type of heart trouble, so her sister
was the one that was chosen to bring her the news about her husbands death
in a train accident that occurred and his name was on that list. The two
stories end with a death of a loved one and the reality of true darkness and
sadness.
Ambrose Bierce, explains the story An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge where Peyton Fahrquhar is to be hanged for trying to destroy the
bridge. “The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about
thirty-five years of age. He was a civilian, if one might judge from his
habit, which was that of a planter”(Bierce). When he shut his eyes to
concentrate and visualize his family he is distracted by the sound of the ping
coming from his watch. A loud striking disturbance in his ears. As he
opens his eyes he thinks about the
chances of escaping if he could get his hands free and jumping into the river
underneath and finding a way to make it back home. “As Peyton Fahrquhar
fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness and was
already dead”(Bierce).
The man in the water saw the eye of the man on the bridge gazing into his own through the sights of the rifle. He observed that it was a grey eye and remembered having read that gray eyes were keenest and that all famous marksmen had them. Nevertheless, this one had missed.(p. 310) As he visualizes himself fallen and hitting the water he now knows if he reaches the forest he can escape and find his