AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE This short story in my opinion was all about a man's fear of death. It uniquely recites the cycle of human life, as the man is about to be hung off the bridge. It was a punishment way too brutal for the little wrong he had done, and we get to know how unfair things were back at the time of the Civil War. When the man was captured …showed first 75 words of 442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 442 total…a way for him to tender his situation. It really could have been either way, but I am thinking that he was only dreaming. But the fact still remains he was running away from trouble in his mind. He was making himself feel like no harm was coming his way. This was not a particularly bad plan, for you should enjoy your last moments of life, but who knows maybe he could have got away.