the open window
1.
2.Romance at short notice was her specialty.
because it says that she is a romantic, and the guy was scared off like he had seen a ghost.
3."The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental
excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,"
^ she was talking about how the boys were out hunting and she was excited
about everything. she wasn't getting rest although she was talking about it.
She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds,
and the prospects or duck in the winter.
^considering what the doctor said she wasn't abiding by anything.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- In Part 1, Bierce includes few details about the condemned man and does not reveal the reason why he is
being hanged. How does this help create suspense?
- In what ways are the condemned man’s perceptions of time and motion distorted as he is waiting to
be hanged? Why are his distorted perceptions important?
- What seems to be the narrator’s attitude toward Farquhar in Part II? What is the narrator’s
attitude toward war?
- Considering the outcome of the story, what is ironic or surprising about Farquhar’s longing for
the “larger life of a soldier?” What is ironic about the fact that Farquhar agrees with the saying that “all
is fair in love and war?”
- What details in Part III suggests that Farquhar’s journey occurs in his mind? How is the journey
connected with the plan of escape that occurs to him moments before he is hanged?
- Explain whether you think the portrayal of Farquhar’s final thoughts and sensations is realistic.
- Point of view refers to the vantage point from which the story is told. Why is the limited third-person
point of view appropriate for this story? How might the story be different if Bierce had used an omniscient third-person narrator?
- How does Bierce’s use of flashback contribute to the effectiveness of the story
