He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. “if i could free my hands,” he thought, “i might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. by diving i could evade the bullets and, swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. my home, god, is as yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still beyond the invader’s farthest advance.” what theme does the motif of hands represent in the excerpt and throughout the story? hands represent the indistinct line between dreams and reality. hands represent the perpetual struggle against fate. hands represent the idea of justice. hands represent the importance of love and family.

The theme that the motif of hands represents in the excerpt and throughout the story is:

Hands represent the perpetual struggle against fate.

Explanation:

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story written by Ambrose Bierce. The story is set during the American Civil War. The story revolves around the thoughts of a soldier who romanticizes his past days with his family. He thinks about all the happy days while he was about to be prepared for the execution.

Hands represent the perpetual struggle against fate.

Explanation:

As we can see in the text above, the narrator has his hands tied, which means that he is trapped and has no way of letting go. That is your destiny.

However, the moment the narrator says, "If I could free my hands," he begins to wonder what he could do to get rid of this fate so uncomfortable for him. From this we can see that the situation in which the narrator's hands are in the text keeps him separate from his freedom. In this case, the hands represent the perpetual struggle against fate.

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#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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