Ambrose Bierce
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Course Hero. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Study Guide." Course Hero. 13 July 2017. Web. 2 June 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/An-Occurrence-at-Owl-Creek-Bridge/>.
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Course Hero. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Study Guide." July 13, 2017. Accessed June 2, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/An-Occurrence-at-Owl-Creek-Bridge/.
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Ambrose Bierce
1890
Short Story
War Literature
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is mostly narrated by a third-person limited omniscient narrator who focuses on the thoughts and feelings of the main character, Peyton Farquhar, as he faces death. At times the narrator is completely omniscient, as in the final paragraph of Section 2 when the narration follows the scout.
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is narrated mainly in the past tense. The next-to-last paragraph is in present tense.
The title "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" refers to two possible "occurrences," or events, at the Owl Creek bridge: the main character's hanging at the bridge or his vision of escaping the hanging.
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