Look at the picture next to this passage. Based upon your reading of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," does this picture capture the mood of the story? Explain your stance with specifics from the story. (The deadline to post a response to this blog question is midnight Thursday, December 1, 2011.)Tuesday, November 29, 2011
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Look at the picture next to this passage. Based upon your reading of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," does this picture capture the mood of the story? Explain your stance with specifics from the story. (The deadline to post a response to this blog question is midnight Thursday, December 1, 2011.)
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Katelyn Lamb
The picture expresses the mood of the story. Although the event occurring is somber, the surroundings do not depict the sadness. Bierce writes, "The water, touched to gold with the early sun..." These words do not give a sense of dreariness and sadness. Instead they instill a sense of peacefulness, similar to that of the picture.
Although this picture captures the settings, I do not believe it captures the mood of the story. It does not show the desperation and sharpness in Peyton's mind, and it lacks the somber reality portrayed during the rest of the story. This scene shows a more placid mood than the one in the story.
This picture captures the setting but does not capture the mood. The mood in the story is ominouse and depressing and sad. There would not be flowers and a bright son. In the story there are men with guns there is a man with a rope around his neck about to be hanged. The world would not be happy and peaceful. It would be dark and sad.
I think this picture is does not depict the mood of the story. The mood of most of the story is that of a sad one not happy because there are men going to be executed. Peyton has a feeling of hopelessness and sadness due to the thoughts of him missing his wife and his children.
I partially disagree that this picture is an accurate representation of the story. During the reality portion of the story, the bridge and its surroundings are not described as beautiful, especially when they are the place a man is set to hang. The soldiers on the bridge in the story give off a feeling of rigidity and unrest. During the illusion portion, however, Faqhar imagines the place as beautiful because his vision and hearing is sharpened. Nevertheless, I still feel as though an accurate representation of the story would feature a more ominous scene in order to capture the complexity of the story.
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