Archeyton Farquhar Personification

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Could you imagine waiting for your death and thinking about the ones you loved the most? Ambrose Bierce wrote a short story entitled, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge “. The story takes place during the time of the Civil War. Peyton Farquhar is found trying to burn the bridge and is sentenced to be hanged. While standing on the edge of the plank in which they intend to hang him from, Peyton imagines escaping to return his loved ones. The author uses many literary techniques to explain Bierce’s attitude toward Military and War. Farquhar had many different attitudes toward the civil War. Most of which had a bad prospective on life itself. Peyton closed his eyes in order to have last second thoughts of his …show more content…

He uses the serpent, which is an allusion to the Bible, symbolizing evil. Bierce uses a personification to describe the pains of being hanged, saying the pain” seemed like streams of pulsating fire heating him to an intolerable temperature.” Peyton Farquhar’s thoughts of his family before death his death is an example of imagery. The author describes how Farquhar felt about military and war with many different literary elements and techniques. By Bierce using these elements you can better imagine what is going on in the story and how Farquhar feels about the war. The author uses the serpent due to the fact that it represents the evil in military and war. Bierce uses the personification he uses to describe how uncomfortable and terrifying being hanged is. The thoughts Farquhar has of his family while he was standing on the plank, able you to understand how Farquhar felt after he has realized his life is almost over. You are able to realize how Farquhar is feeling and what is running through his mind due to the way Bierce has included many different elements of literature. Farquhar felt like military and war had evil effects on life. Bierce shows us this by using many different forms of literature in his writing of the short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. The readers can better understand how Peyton Farquhar feels and what he is imagining. Overall in the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, war has

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