`An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge` asig 5

The story tells the tale of Peyton Farquhar 's execution . He is being executed for he is a staunch supporter of the Southern cause . In the middle of a war , Farquhar was discovered to be supportive of the Southern cause by a Federal scout posing as a member of the southern force

In paragraph 5 , a shift in point of view is made to allow readers to identify with Farquhar and his thoughts . Shifting from the third person to the first person , Farquhar is shown to be thinking of escaping . His thoughts

give readers an idea of how he plans to escape . Another shift in point of view is seen in paragraph 37 . In this instance , the story again shifts to Farquhar 's thoughts . This time , Farquhar is shown to be thinking of his wife and how beautiful she is . Farquhar 's heightened consciousness is demonstrated by the fact that he seems to see and her things around him clearly . He was seeing and hearing the insects , the trees , and beauty of the sunshine . These clearly showed that Farquhar was experiencing heightened consciousness

It took Farquhar the whole day and night to escape and reach his home Paragraph 33 speaks of how he traveled all day under the sun while paragraph 36 speaks of Farquhar reaching his house as the sun was rising

Paragraph 35 clearly describes the pain that Farquhar was experiencing It described his swollen neck and his congested eyes . Furthermore , the paragraph spoke of Farquhar 's thirst and his swollen tongue . Finally the paragraph described how he had lost his feeling in his feet for he could no longer feel the earth beneath him . These clearly describe the pain that Farquhar was going through

The shift to present tense in paragraph 36 signifies a return to reality . It brings readers back to the reality that Farquhar was about to die . Furthermore , it tells readers that Farquhar 's escape was merely a product of his imagination and that at this point in time , he was nearing his death . He was unable to avoid his execution and this was the reality that the readers see...