An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Literary Devices

Explanation and Analysis—Farquhar's Motivations:

Halfway through “An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge,” there is a flashback that establishes Farquhar’s background and leads readers to infer why he is being sentenced to death, giving important contextual information about who he is. As a flashback, it interrupts the narrative of Farquhar’s imminent death, taking readers back in time to the inciting incident that led Farquhar to end up on the bridge and facing death. This flashback scene is also when readers learn that he is an enslaver and Confederate supporter, and an ardent one at that:

Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with the gallant army that had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth, and he chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: Flashbacks 1 key example