Examples Of Naturalism In An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Brandon Asebedo
Mr. Edwards
English III
February 26, 2014
Naturalism in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Naturalism is a style and theory of representation based on accurate depiction of detail. A man named Peyton Farquhar is going to be hanged for trying to burn the bridge down. In the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce. In the short story naturalism is being showed that man is insignificant, nature is ambivalent, and the effect of stress on the average individual. In the beginning, the story starts by showing how man is insignificant or how people just don’t care. One example would be man of “thirty-five years old who is engaged to be hanged” (Bierce 582). Another example is “He was a civilian, if one
Mr. Edwards
English III
February 26, 2014
Naturalism in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Naturalism is a style and theory of representation based on accurate depiction of detail. A man named Peyton Farquhar is going to be hanged for trying to burn the bridge down. In the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce. In the short story naturalism is being showed that man is insignificant, nature is ambivalent, and the effect of stress on the average individual. In the beginning, the story starts by showing how man is insignificant or how people just don’t care. One example would be man of “thirty-five years old who is engaged to be hanged” (Bierce 582). Another example is “He was a civilian, if one