Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

Many can confirm that we want to feel accomplished and important. Not necessarily, Albert Einstein, but to feel like we matter. Although, many people have a variation of differences such as, tastes, cultures, and looks. We are indeed similar in that we want to feel loved and cared about, despite our distinctions. The same can be said between two different texts, for example Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a short story about a civilian, Peyton Farquhar, passionate about the Southern cause, was tricked by a union scout, and drawn to a bridge. They encircled his neck with a noose, and Farquhar soon thought of the perfect escape. His imagination
For example, similes and metaphors in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” builds a mood and stirs empathy. To epitomize, Bierce describes the noises heard as he was swimming in the water as follows: “The humming of the gnats that danced above the eddies of the stream, the beating of the dragon-flies wings, the strokes of the water-spider’s legs, like oars which had lifted their boat- all these made audible music” (“An Occurrence 4). Bierce establishes a satisfied mood as he reports the sights and sounds that occur around Farquhar in the water. The short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” also builds a mood when the narrator expresses a creepy tone, sounding insane. “Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of grief-- oh, no!-- it was the low stifles sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe.” (“The Tell-Tale” 3). Both oeuvres not only create a mood, but work to stir empathy with human characters; readers can understand Farquhar’s frightfulness of being trapped in an uncomfortable situation as Farquhar was being held on a bridge, and his neck was encircled by a noose in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” “The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck….a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body” (“An Occurrence” 1). Readers can also comprehend the old man’s grief and terror when hearing an unfamiliar noise while in bed in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” as that noise arouses your emotions, and it may cause you to panic or lay there silently. “Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror….It was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe” (“The Tell-Tale” 3). The old man as awakened and frightened as feared of what was ahead of him. Moreover, both