Read the two excerpts from section 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge."
then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful
roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark. the power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had
broken and he had fallen into the stream.
as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about
him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence!
what does the motif of a loud sound represent in the story?
the passage between the north and the south
the passage between dreams and reality
the contrast between right and wrong
o the contrast between one's family and one's enemies
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