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Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge Short Story

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3. Two stories in which the tables turned are “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and “Ballad of Birmingham”. The tables are turned pretty drastically in these two stories because lives are taken because of it. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Peyton Farquhar is caught for messing with Owl Creek Bridge and is going to be hanged for doing so. As he is falling with the noose around his neck the noose appears to break and Farquhar falls in to the Creek. He then makes it all the way downstream without getting shot by the muskets and cannon. After taking a short rest he runs all the way back to his home where he appears to meet his wife. “As he is about to clasp here he fells a stunning blow upon the back of his neck; a blinding white

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