AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
By
Ambrose Bierce
THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION, 1988
The protagonist of this short story is Peyton Farquhar. He was a civilian from a respected Alabama family. He was around 35 years old; a naturally secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.
The story is chronologic when you see the aspect about the way his is dying; all the fears, pain, and details that the author described. But the story is contemporaneous, Farquhar has many flash backs about his life, wife and children. Those flash backs go back and forward during his process of death.
The organization of the story is well done. The author provided vivid details. The other characters are soldiers, the sergeant, and a Capitan.
This a sad and dramatic text. I could feel his agony every time that read what he was feeling.
Farquhar was a strong man, he fought for his life and the love of his family made him strong enough to be able to finish his life where he belongs to, next to his wife, at the place where he used to have a happy life.
The story showed his strong family values, but also the abuse of power from the military.
quinta-feira, 13 de maio de 2010
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I like the way you mention about the vivid details of the story, like you i can also imagine myself in the place of the occurrence and feeling the same pain and agony of the protagonist. Your point of view of his fight for his life until the end to became a free man it truly show his respect for life and desire to be with his family again. I agree with you that even though he knew it was no escape that the soldiers would never go back in a decision that it was made, he would like to be near his loved ones when he pass.
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