I decided to do the first paragraph on page II, because it was different than what we did throughout class. We talked about how the narrator would be absolute at first with all kinds of details in order to get a bond with the reader, and then all of a sudden his style of writing would be unclear and filled with ambiguity. In this paragraph Ambrose Bierce returns to his clear, understandable writing. It informs us about the man being hanged and about his past before he will be killed. For instance, we now know his name, Peyton Farquhar and how his family was from Alabama and that his job was a planter/slave owner. Peyton was also devoted to help out in the South which would require joining the confederate army; however, he was unable to aid the South. We also learn some information about the Owl Creek Bridge and how the North forces repaired the railroad in order to launch attacks on the South. The readers suggest that this is the bridge that Peyton is about to be hanged upon.
I analyzed the first paragraph on page III. I noticed that this paragraph stated 2 very contradicting statements. For example, "As Peyton Farquar fell straight downward through the bridge, he lost consciousness and was one already dead." in the following sentence the narrator states, "From this state he was awakened-" These two sentences state that he had lost consciousness and dead at the same time as being fully awakened. Another example was when the narrator stated that "the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream. There was no additional strangulation; the noose about his neck was already suffocating him." In this sentence the narrator states that he is free from the noose while also stating that at the same time he was being suffocated by the noose.
I decided to do the first paragraph on page II, because it was different than what we did throughout class. We talked about how the narrator would be absolute at first with all kinds of details in order to get a bond with the reader, and then all of a sudden his style of writing would be unclear and filled with ambiguity. In this paragraph Ambrose Bierce returns to his clear, understandable writing. It informs us about the man being hanged and about his past before he will be killed. For instance, we now know his name, Peyton Farquhar and how his family was from Alabama and that his job was a planter/slave owner. Peyton was also devoted to help out in the South which would require joining the confederate army; however, he was unable to aid the South. We also learn some information about the Owl Creek Bridge and how the North forces repaired the railroad in order to launch attacks on the South. The readers suggest that this is the bridge that Peyton is about to be hanged upon.
ReplyDeleteI analyzed the first paragraph on page III. I noticed that this paragraph stated 2 very contradicting statements. For example, "As Peyton Farquar fell straight downward through the bridge, he lost consciousness and was one already dead." in the following sentence the narrator states, "From this state he was awakened-" These two sentences state that he had lost consciousness and dead at the same time as being fully awakened. Another example was when the narrator stated that "the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream. There was no additional strangulation; the noose about his neck was already suffocating him." In this sentence the narrator states that he is free from the noose while also stating that at the same time he was being suffocated by the noose.
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