The occurance at Owl Creek Brige by Ambrose Birce has powerful descriptive writting that makes the reader see the events the main character Payton Farquar describe before he dies from stragulation in the form of hanging, "As to his head he was conscious of nothing but a feeling of fulness of congrestion these sensations were unaccompanied by thought ... he was concious of emotion" (Bierce 34). The author's purpose was to bring remorse to the death scene by the use of details and strong emotions.
Furthermore, the scene that got my atenttion was the part that has Payton Farquad's diolog," To be hanged and drowed, "he thought that is not so bad; but i do not wish to be shot, no i will not be shot; that is not fair"(Bierce 35). He would rather be drowend and hanged because it gives him time to close his eyes and be concious about his last thoughts before his death ,rather than to be shot and die so suddenly. The purpose of the scene was to enphesisze that his wife was very important to him and to have a few moments to see her again.
In the end the author added farqua's diolog to add emphesis on the meaning of the story. With the use of strong emotion and descriptive writting.
I see that you are practicing the TEA here! Good work. We will discuss this aspect of the story in class today and hopefully you will gain some more insights into why Bierce uses such vivid description in this story. I believe he had 'remorse' in mind, but also a deeper message about war itself...
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