An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Group

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artemisalice
artemisalice
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High School - 11th Grade

What happens at the end of the story "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge?

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Posted by artemisalice on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 5:20 AM and tagged with ending, peyton farquhar, science.

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  1. artemisalice
    artemisalice Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    He gets hanged by the federal army

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    Posted by artemisalice on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 5:24 AM

  2. kkosach
    kkosach Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    The entire story leads up to the tragic end where Farquhar dies.  The story wanders rather slowly through different events in his life.  Thus, the story is ultimately a flashback, because Farquhar begins by standing on the scaffold.  The end is where he is actually hanged.  His hanging happens when he is in a dreamlike sequence where he is running towards his home and his wife.  One can assume this to be his most recent memory.

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    Posted by kkosach on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM