11th Street Bridges

House on Mango Street” written by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of young girl named Esperanza who is middle age and grows up around her sister Nenny, and her friends Rachel and Lucy. She develops her identity growing up on Mango street through many little interesting vignettes. Esperanza is exposed to many different situations due to her environment, family and friends which challenge her beliefs on certain issues allowing her to learn a lot about life itself. Living on Mango Street,…

The article I chose, written by Shan Wang for Nieman Lab, focused around paywalls, specifically centered around the Wall Street Journals and their paywalls. A paywall is when an online media outlet charges a fee for access to their news content. The article discusses how paywalls are negative because casual readers are at a disadvantage. They are unable to test out a news source before committing to a payment. The article then describes two types of paywalls: hard and soft. Hard paywalls allow…

There was a man named Frederick Matthews. Freddy had blond hair, and green eyes that seemed like they burned into the souls of anyone who looked into them. Freddy was a retired athlete who played football. He was married to Raven Boris. Their relationship was not the best. They always got in fights and if you could listen closely you could hear them from a half a mile away, but they always loved each other either way but that would change. One day they were arguing and six gunshots fired.…

Ohio (a free state), which is approximately 30 miles away from present day West Virginia (which was part of confederate Virginia during the American Civil War); similarly, the plantation that Farquhar was working on was about 30 miles from Owl Creek Bridge, so the proximity of a Confederate sympathizer to a Union foothold needing to be rebuilt was probably something Bierce witnessed in his early years. In addition to this, the nature of the war conveyed by Bierce in his work was definitely…

The short story an Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge takes place during the civil war in the United States. “A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama… The man’s hand were behind his back, the wrists bound with cord.” (Bierce) The narrator is in a very precarious situation. He is being taken to his own execution. As he walks closer to the hangman’s noose he begins to contemplate how he can escape. He notices the guards and the forest that the railroad track leads to. The rope is tied…

The realization of what is reality and what isn’t can easily become blurred in literature specifically in the story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, in which a gentleman named Peyton Farquhar is to be hung for a crime against the Confederacy of which he was tricked into committing. The audience is led to believe he escaped the hanging until the final paragraph where that image is smashed to pieces, it is explained to be a figment of his imagination. Ambrose Bierce…

Creek Bridge,” which follows the hanging of Peyton Farquhar, a Southern plantation owner who faces execution during the American Civil War for attempted sabotage of the Union Army. Miraculously, the rope snaps as he is hung and Peyton manages to escape, but it turns out that Peyton’s escape never occurred as he hangs dead at Owl Creek Bridge. Often considered an American classic, it is no surprise that Suspense, one of numerous radio shows…

The story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce focuses on the theme about the perception of time. The story is about a man, Peyton Farquhar, who is a young plantation owner that is found guilty for trying to burn down the Owl Creek bridge during the Civil War. They are hanging him for his act of rebellion he had planned while trying to help the Confederacy to defeat the Union. As the man realizes how little time he has left, time emerges as a predominate theme in the story.…

in 1890, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is one of Bierce’s most popular works of literature. This short story is set in Alabama during the time of the Civil War. Peyton Farquhar, a young farmer, is anxiously awaiting execution atop the Owl Creek Bridge. Accused of attempting to burn the bridge, Peyton now stands surrounded by Union soldiers; his hands bound and a noose around his neck. Within minutes, the “kind-eyed” man will hang limply from the bridge, but in the moments before death the…

The short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is taken place in Northern Alabama during the Civil War, and the protagonist whose name is Peyton Farquhar attempts to be a hero for the Confederacy and burn the Union’s stronghold at Owl Creek Bridge. Unfortunately, he fails and is charged with treason for the reason that a Union Scout disguised as a soldier lures him into committing the act. As Farquhar is awaiting and engaging in his death, the readers figure out one of the themes; an…