Occurrence At Owl Creek

Analysis of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” Ambrose Bierce employs many different tactics in his writing to foreshadow the demise of Peyton Farquhar. All though this sudden bitter end is somewhat shocking and abrupt upon the first read, Bierce makes it quite evident throughout Part 3 that he is indeed deceased the whole time. Bierce often uses surrealism as a tool for foreshadowing elements. Surrealism is the principle of producing fantastic and incongruous imagery by using unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations. All throughout Part 3, such imagery is used to great effect and makes the story much more gripping and compelling One of the first examples of this foreshadowing is the soldier's gigantic and grotesque forms, quoted