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Occurrence at Owl creek Bridge
Title: Occurrence at Owl creek Bridge
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 659 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Occurrence at Owl creek Bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is set in the South during the Civil War. One afternoon, Peyton Farquhar and his wife receive an unexpected visitor. He is a soldier on horseback, bringing news that persuades Peyton to burn a newly constructed Federal railroad bridge across Owl Creek. Unknown to Peyton, the soldier is in actuality a Federal scout. Peyton is caught before he can complete his mission, and finds himself about to be hung. …showed first 75 words of 659 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 659 total…to make us aware of our own morality, and the decisions we would make in a “what if” situation. It also leads us to understand that some decisions have life and death consequences. We learn that the loss of one life may have saved thousands of other people. It encourages us to take a moment to think about what courage it took to make this grave choice, and examine if we could do the same.
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