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Ambrose Bierce's writing style and choice of structure. Ambrose Bierce uses a very unique writing style he makes things sound happy and joyful but at the same time dark and depressing. In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, we are told the story of Peyton Farquhar's hanging and escape. In the story we are led to believe he escapes the noose last second but as the story continues it hints more and more towards his death. As the story continues it tells how he is drifting down the river spinning hinting towards how he is actually hanging from the bridge spinning. "A counter swirl had caught Farquhar and turned him half about " hints toward him actually spinning from the bridge (Beers and Odell 495). One way we are led to believe he lived and escaped

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