The+first+section+of+the+Occurence+at+Owl+Creek+Bridge

The first section of the Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge begins in a very different way. It starts off by describing the feeling and setting of everything around the man who is getting hung off the bridge. It says that he had his hands behind his back and a rope around his neck within the first paragraph of the story, so right off the bat you know that this story is about someone being hanged. It immediately describes the way the rope was attached, where the rope fell according to the man's body, and the loose boards in which he stood on. Very descriptive from the get go. We know that their is room for the person helping execute him so he can stand on it and cause the board to drop. We know that their are of soldiers present at the execution. Their were sentinels at each end of the bridge with their rifles just in case the man dosen't die when he gets hanged, so they can shoot him. In the second paragraph the narrator describes that they are amoung a place with forest surrounding the body of water which he will fall into.

We then get a description of the man that egaged the hanging of the man. We learn that the main character thinks of himself as a gentleman and gentleman are not excluded from being hanged.

We then hear the vivid details of the preperation of the hanging. We hear the thoughts that are running through the man's mind right before he is going to die. He thought about his wife and children. He desrcibes the water and makes it sound peaceful and calm. He went into a drance but then snapped back to reality and realized that he was about to be executed. He just waited for the moment.

He thought of ways he could take off the noose and dive into the stream to try and escape, but then realizes that he will still be killed even if he tried.

There was nothing he could do, this was the end... 1204261948

I thought that the first of lines in this story were very descriptive along with the whole story in general. I felt like I was a witness to the execution, in my mind I picture that someone was soon going to be hung. I almost felt like I was there, it was so descriptive. After reading the first part I felt like the story was about the brigde and that Farquar was just a witness to the story. I didn't know that he was the main character until I went back to look at it again. I thought it was a creative way on how to hang him. The main charater even seemed interested of the idea they had because he was looking around wondering. Moving through the story, he explains in very detailed words the execution scene. He talks about time slowing down and how he is just thinking of his family. 1205366795

I agree with dte, I also thought that the whole story was descriptive. It was as if I was there watching this being hung, I actually pictured him on the bridge being put into the noose and everything. When I read the first part of this story I wasn't sure what was going on in it, was it about farquar or the union soldiers or the bridge. I wasn't sure who the main character was either; I also thought that what they did to hang him was unique. It also was as if farquar was interested in the way he was being hung, he was looking around and stuff. After getting through the story he starts to explain the hanging in great detail. But when he starts to get hung he says that time slows down and starts thinking of his family and that kind of confused me. 1205369491 This poem was probably one of the most confusing yet compelling poems that we have red. I liked it because I liked the fact that it kept the reader wanting to be attentive to know what was going on. I totally thought that the man escaping was what was really happening and when i realized that it was all an hillucination i was so disappointed. I really wanted the man to get away. I think that being hung is the worst form of killing a person because suffoction and extremem pain follow it. I would way rather just be shot in the head. To know that his dream waw so realistic and possible is what i feel kept me paying attention. I kept wanting to know what was going to happen next. I think that Farquar's description of time slowing down has been a constant theme of death in the literature that we have been reading. It really makes me wonder how i'm going to die and if time slowing down will occur.. 1205375094

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 a lot 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. Overall I thought it was very good. 1205443199