Here it is, my essay about An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge. This essay was made for Introduction to Prose's Final Examination. It's my very first time making an essay so.. yeah, this is probably not so good and sorry if there are so many flaws in my writing, but hope you like it :) and I suggest you to read the short story first before you read this essay. Just simply click here if you want to read the story ^^
MIND CONTROL IN PARTICULAR SITUATION
Sometimes, when we were sleeping and then dreaming, we found that we could control our own dreams. I have experienced it by myself. And this is what was happened to the main character in this story. Although he is not sleeping or dreaming, the situation is similar.
I choose An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. This story is originally published in 1890 but then it appeared in “Tales of Soldiers and Civilians”, which is published a year later. The experience inspired him so much to write about short stories based on Civil War and some say An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is the most popular short story written by him.
The story went with irregular time sequence. It starts from the middle of the story then goes back to the beginning and then continue chronologically to the end of the story. The story also has a twist ending which is ended with an unexpected conclusion. Set with Peyton Farquhar as a main character, he is a confederate sympathizer from south, he is also a slave owner, and punished to death by hanging at Owl Creek Bridge because of his Nationalism to protect his land from northern. The story set in Alabama when the Civil War between the southern and the northern occurred. I won’t talk too much about Civil War here, but I’ll try to explain about the fantasy occurs in Peyton’s mind when he almost died and also a bit explaination about the point of view of the story and the setting of the story.
