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An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge Analysis

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Reaction to “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce While reading this story I found to focus on the element of theme because the story was a bit unusual. The author explores the idea of time in this story because there are specific parts when situations are happening and the time comes off as “quickly”, and it seems that in other moments, time moves in slow motion. An example would be when the main character is tied up and is facing the military. The strict military time implies that there is enough time to break free because usually soldiers are known to attack when they are ready or when there is a signal. The writer made it seem like there was enough time to escape because there was no signal from the military to attack
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