An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge...

While analyzing scene one, the first part of the story, it introduces a man about thirty five years of age standing on a bridge in northern Alabama. He had his hands behind him tied. He was standing in that bridge about to be hung. Everything was ready for the lynching. His face was not cover nor his eyes not were bandaged, so he was clearly aware and could see what was happening around him, so he closed his eyes in order to focus and “fix his last thoughts on his wife and children.” But a really loud noise distracted him from his thoughts, he wondered what it was, the sound was similar to a blacksmith’s hammer hitting on to the anvil. Every time he heard that noise he was became more and more impatience and he did not know why. The silence grew longer which this allowed the noise to be heard more clearly to his ears. The noise was hurting his ears but in reality “what he was heard was the ticking of his watch.” He opens his eyes and faces the reality; he’s still in the bridge waiting for the signal to be hung.  I think the author wrote is so the reader can have a full scenario of what is going on. The author gives a lot of details that leaves a clear picture of the scene, and I think this is very important so we could understand the thoughts of Farquhar and what happens in the next scenes. I think this scene is very important for the whole story because it where the author sets the story, he has to plot the scenario so the readers can have a better understanding of the story and how it develops.

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