Owl+Creek+Bridge+Part+II

This part was just as boring as the last part. Well, not quite. There was still no action, but at least the description only lasted for one paragraph. This paragraph seemed to be a prologue to the first part. This explains why the man was getting hanged. It seems like he wanted to get fire wood that was near Owl Creek Bridge, which Union soldiers had captured. This is a really dumb thing to get hanged for, and it was dumb to try and get past the Union soldiers in the first place. So far the story seems like one idiot wanted firewood and got caught by oppsing idiots who sentenced him to death. This story is definitely a weird one. First, you get description, then you get a prologue, and when you piece the first two parts together, you get one completely confusing story. Maybe reading the third part will clear everything up? I am really hoping that it will as it is the conclusion to the story. Overall, I did not like this part of the story because it confused me even further than I was after reading part I.1204154848

I dissagre with you because I thought this had not a lot of action but it was by no means boring. I liked the first part better than the third part though. I also felt that the soldiers were a little extreme i mean when is the last time you saw someone get hung over a couple pieces of fire wood. It would kind of been hard to sneak through the desert on the one side, because from what i took from the description was that there was woods on 1 side and kind of deserted land on the other. The police or whatever seemed very alert and i do not know why this man would ever try to steal from them. And i would go as far as calling him an idiot, i just think he was desperate and needed some fire wood. I do not see where you got confused at here bud but so far i like it and if my mom did not call me to dinner i would have kept on reading. 1204171373

This man Peyton Farquhar was born in Alabama and raised in a wealthy Alabama family. Also, born and raised a slave holder, he was taught great power and great responsibility. Because of his experiences as a child, he was a very successful adult. Until one day, that all changed. He had great goals and achieved great things. A little farther on into the section, it is stated that "construction" and andvancements were being added to the Owl Creek Bridge to "put it in order." Payton is informed that if caught interferring; anyone caught WILL be hanged. In the third section, the point of this short element is deeply explained. 1204174009

Part Two made Part One way more understandable. I liked how Bierce jumped from the future back to the past in order to find out why Farquar (the guy being hanged) was being hanged. We finally find out why he is being hanged. Apperently any civilian caught interfering with the railroad, (where the hanging took place) its bridges, tunnels, or trains will promptly be hanged. This is where we find out that Farquar was apparently messing around with or at the railroads. The Yanks, or the Union, were the people who ordered this declaration. They are repairing the railroads and they didn't want anyone messing around with them, Why they are doing thhis though is still yet to be found out by reading Part Three... 1204245311

I disagree with PSa, this part was anything but boring. I agree their wasn't much action, but I was so interested I even went ahead of the reading a little bit. I liked the whole transition from part 1 to part 2 and I really like when stories do that where they don't tell you what happened first, they tell it later. I liked the whole part because it was interesting how Farquhar got tricked and I was a little surprised he didn't catch it. The Federal Scout convinced Farquhar that their was some wood by the bridge that would burn like a **tow,( which i think was like a fiber of some sort?)** Farquhar went to the bridge to burn it down and was easily captured. Overall part 2 was great because their was no indication whatsoever that the guy Farquhar was talking to was a federal scout, I loved the end of the paragraph with the sentence "He was a federal scout", that was definitley unexpected. 1204253115

Part Two explains this man, Peyton Farquhar, and how he ended up being hung. He was part of a highly respected family from Alabama and a slave owner. You find out that he was going to burn down the railroad bridge because we was tricked into doing it by a man who was a Federal scout pretending to be a Confederate soldier. The soldier rode up to Peytons entrance asking for a drink of water. Peyton, being a nosey Nacey, started asking the soldier about news from the railroads, like how far away it is, if there's force there,etc. Then, later Peyton goes to burn down the railroad bridge and the Federal army is there to tie him up and hang him. Part Two was harder for me to comprehend than parts one and three. 1204254402KCa

This part was a slow follow up to the start. I still thought it was really well written but it was kind of boring. it moved the story along in way that could have been way more exciting but i really wont complain about the way he did it. the scout coming and tricking him seemed kind of random to me. Maybe i missed something but why would the union spend their time on this seemingly random guy. Maybe he was more important then i read into but it seemed to me that the union soliders would not care that much if this guy lived or died. it seemed like alot of unnecessary work. but i thought the way it was written was very convincing in the way the union solider was acting like a confederate solider and i never would have guessed that the story was going that way. So i thought it was really well written and convincing way of taking the story but at the same time it seemed kind of unreasonable that the union would waste their time on the main character. 1204255150

When we were reading this story i was like wow this is the most boring story. It is carying on way to much on this escape and it sounded like the escape was very unrealistic. Then it got to the part where it said that the guy was hung. I thought that was the coolest ending. At first before i knew that the escape was fake it was a horrible escape. then i found out he thought of all of that right before he died i thought that it was bad ass that he thought of all that. I've have been in those situations before but not as serious as what that guy was in. But im thinking im going to take off the cop wont catch me it was like the perfect plan but before i knew it i was in the back of the cop car on my way home. Its just amazing how quick our minds can think in those situation. This story was awesome just because of how it ended.1204683670

I thought that this was the better part of the story because it tells the reader the main point in the story. The main point of the story was that Peyton Farquar was to be hung because he was going to burn down the Owl Creek Bridge. Part II of the story tells you why was trying to burn it down. It was because the Union forces had taken the Bridge and they if they attacked there would be many casualties for the South. If someone had burned it down then they could not cross the river except by boat but if they crossed by boat it would allow the South more time to regroup and they would stand a better chance. Peyton Farquar happened to be the man for the job.

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Part Two explains how Peyton Farquhar ended up in this bad situation. He was a slave owner from Alabama. He was the person who was supposed to burn down the bridge so the Union couldn't cross over with there rail cars. A Union scout acted like a confederate so he would tell what the plan was. He noticed that when the solider road away he was heading from the oppisite direction that he should. It was then he realized it was a Union scout. Later on in the story he went to burn down the bridge. Only they knew he was coming and captured him. And that is how he was captured and awaiting death. 1205090487

Part two is still interesting, but the detail is starting to be taken overboard in some areas but I guess that’s the kind of writer Bierce is. This chapter is interesting because it teaches about Farquhar. It answers a lot of questions stories need to like, who, what, where, when, why, how etc. When you analyze your story and make sure that those key aspects are depicted it really helps to make a better work. The author tells us a little back ground information, but they really gets to the point about how/why Farquhar is being hung. It’s interesting how one night, one decision get Farquhar in a load of trouble, it never really tells us how he did it in part two, the author left it up to us to assume. 1205094461

I really was a fan of this whole story it was great period. There wasn’t as much action in part two but, it still was interesting. The transition from part one to part two was like intermission at a play. I liked it when Farquhar got tricked and I don’t think I was ready for that. The reason how this story all started because the federal scout thought and heard that Farquhar was going to burn the bridge down to stop the federal scout from crossing. I like how the author kept the character that Farquhar was talking to a secret until for suspense. This story was really interesting and full of anticipation those are my favorite kinds of stories. 1205207927

I agree there wasnt much action. This story is very differnet because part 2 could be part 1 and visa versa for part 1. Part two is basically the background informatoin to the story. It gives us insight about the past and information about Farquhar. It sais how he is a descent of a rich family who is a slave owner and how what he was supposed to do with the bridge to prevent the union solideirs from corssing over. this story was very boring it put the story in more perspective and it gave you a differnt look. Part two was so action packed but it built of the suspense beacause the secound time I read this story on my own I wanted to keep on reading. Part two didnt make me loose interest it only gave me more background information. This part really emphazed on more of the background information rather than the action like the other parts. This part just left you hanging and I was much more axious to read Part Three. 1205274986Ale2

I didn't like this part of the story either because of the fact that it gave all the background information after the event already started. It confused me when I first read it because the order of what happened wasn't how everything actually happened. But I think that when it said he always wanted to be a soldier made me think that actually it was him, who tampered with the bridge, because to me soldiers are strong and do what they feel is right. So though I didn't particularlly like this part of the story, I feel that it had some very good information about Peter Farquhar. I think that what it told us was that even though Peter had done wrong, that maybe that was his plan because he wanted to stand up for what he believed in and that was to be against the northerners bridge. 1205342281

I felt that this part was a slow follow up to the start. I still thought it was really well written and very descriptive, but it was kind of boring. It moved the story along in way that could have been way more exciting, but I am not going to complain about the way he did it. The scout coming and tricking him seemed kind of wierd to me. I think I might have missed something but why would the union spend their time on this seemingly random guy. Maybe he was more important than I read into but it seemed to me that the union soliders would not care that much if this guy lived or died. it seemed like alot of unnecessary work. I thought the way it was written was very convincing in the way the union solider was acting like a confederate solider and i never would have guessed that was going to happen. 1205366582

I liked this part just a bit more than the first part because we actually see some action and not just the main character blabing his mouth and telling us his whole life story before he dies. He also gets taken out by the rope and now we see that he is actually telling us who he is with and what exactly he is doing in this position that may put him out his misery or just let him suffer a bit more. This part is a little better than the first part but it is not as good as the third part which is the most exiting. THis second part is good because in almost the first sentence we get more information than the one that we got in the whole first part. it also explains what may happen to him and why. It is a great oppening for the comming of the real action which is about to come and will be amazing. \ 1205367591hre

I agree with dte this is just a slow follow up to the first part that really confused me. The story remained very detailed but is a giant snooze fest. It was just so slow it could have been a little faster but is too slow. But it was still pretty good. I thought that it was very clever the way they had the scout come and trick the guy to try and burn the bridge down. I was a little confused, did they go to every farm person’s house and tell them this or did they dingle out the main character. the fact that the union soldier was dressed up like a confederate was a really good idea, if I was that guy I would never had seen it coming if I was a that guy. I think that this part is better than the first part but could have been a little faster and could have been better. Over all this part was pretty good but has some room for improvements and it is not as good as the last part. 1205370198

Within the first couple of lines in this story, i was able to get the picture that someone was soon going to be killed and hanged. From what I could take from the first 3 sentences, I felt that an accurate conclusion of the tale could be drawn. The man would be pushed off of the railroad bridge, and the rope tied around his throat would kill him rather instantly. Moving through the story, Bierce explains in detail the appearance of the soldiers present at the execution scene. He uses words and a sense of imagery for the audience to get a clear depiction of what the authoritative people look like. I think that the author of the entry uses this type of writing to stress the important role that these important people had during this time in history 1205444172