An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
DB#1
Introduce yourself to the call and tell us the name of the book you last read. Did you like it? Why or why not? What is your favorite book? Why? What type of reading do you enjoy most?
Hi, my name is Megan Massey. I live in Fort Mill, SC. I graduated from high school in 2010 as a graduating junior, so I did not have the typical senior year most teenagers have. I am not really the type of person that thinks reading is relaxing or fun. The last book I read was in high school my tenth grade year. I read a book called A Child Called It. It was very interesting and I read it in one day, which is shocking because my hate for reading started in kindergarten. Now that I am out of high school and I am only forced to read for an assignment, the closes I come to a book is the Cosmo. It is one of my favorite magazines. It amazes me sometimes with all the facts and tips within the magazine. Other than my Cosmo I read the fine print on my coupons. Coupons are my life saver. I will never pay full price for anything ever again; they are a life changer.
DB#2
In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”” ” (83-88) how is our perspective of this event manipulated, contracting and expanding over time? How do the three perspectives of the observers, the authorities in charge of hanging, and the convicted one affect the perspective of this event?
Perspective is manipulated by the story shifts in time. The whole time Peyton is making his escape back to see his family; the reader believes it is true. It seems so real with the detail and convinced me that he was going to see his family. At the very end the reader finds out that the magnificent escape made by Peyton was all imaginary. The entire sequence of events was his last thoughts. There were hints that I didn’t pick up on until the end, like the pains in his neck. These hidden words in the text would tell the reader that the whole thing is in his head. The perspective of the authorities keeps the reader thinking that the
Introduce yourself to the call and tell us the name of the book you last read. Did you like it? Why or why not? What is your favorite book? Why? What type of reading do you enjoy most?
Hi, my name is Megan Massey. I live in Fort Mill, SC. I graduated from high school in 2010 as a graduating junior, so I did not have the typical senior year most teenagers have. I am not really the type of person that thinks reading is relaxing or fun. The last book I read was in high school my tenth grade year. I read a book called A Child Called It. It was very interesting and I read it in one day, which is shocking because my hate for reading started in kindergarten. Now that I am out of high school and I am only forced to read for an assignment, the closes I come to a book is the Cosmo. It is one of my favorite magazines. It amazes me sometimes with all the facts and tips within the magazine. Other than my Cosmo I read the fine print on my coupons. Coupons are my life saver. I will never pay full price for anything ever again; they are a life changer.
DB#2
In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”” ” (83-88) how is our perspective of this event manipulated, contracting and expanding over time? How do the three perspectives of the observers, the authorities in charge of hanging, and the convicted one affect the perspective of this event?
Perspective is manipulated by the story shifts in time. The whole time Peyton is making his escape back to see his family; the reader believes it is true. It seems so real with the detail and convinced me that he was going to see his family. At the very end the reader finds out that the magnificent escape made by Peyton was all imaginary. The entire sequence of events was his last thoughts. There were hints that I didn’t pick up on until the end, like the pains in his neck. These hidden words in the text would tell the reader that the whole thing is in his head. The perspective of the authorities keeps the reader thinking that the