Job #3

    The story of owl creek bridge reminds me of our current situation in COVID. Every time we think we are going to get to do something fun, it gets shut down again. For example, in the spring, we were going to have at least one more week of co-op before the summer. But then everything got shut down and we had to cancel it. In the story, he saw his wife on his farm, but when he went to embrace her, he came back to reality and realized he was dead, still hanging from the bridge.

Job #2 Thinking Question

How did he get lost in the woods? He owned a plantation in the area so he should have known the area.

JOB #1 LINE ILLUMINATOR

    "And now he became conscious of a new disturbance. Striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. He wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. He awaited each new stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. The intervals of silence grew progressively longer; the delays became maddening. With their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. They hurt his ear like the trust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. What he heard was the ticking of his watch." (Chapter 1)

This section shows that time seemed to slow down in Peyton Farquhar's mind. This explains how he was able to imagine getting away before he died. It also shows that he was thinking of things other than being hanged. I found it interesting that time slowed down so much that he could imagine a getaway of at least five minutes before coming back to reality. 

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