јøв 3... τhε εṉḋ

Now we come to a close on all the blog writing, and I have to compare and contrast Washington Irving's writings with Ambrose Bierce.

I believe that in a sense Bierce had a more realistic writing style then Irving had. Reason being he depicted humans thoughts and wants with such detail. He even gave us a look into the eyes of a man facing death, and his final thoughts. I really enjoyed looking at the human psychological aspect of Bierce's writing An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. I know it sounds like I'm repeating myself but he gets us to start thinking, what happens when we are about to die? What do we think about? How do we act?

As for Irving, he does give us a bit of realism through out his books, but he also adds fiction, personal stories, along with a bit of comedy for the general enjoyment. One of his books Sleepy Hollow is well known for this, as Irving added some of his own personal experiences in the book. Not to mention some of the comical characters he added into the story line. It was all around an enjoyable read and a lot longer than Bierce's short story. At the same time, Bierce's short story gave us a lot to think about regardless of the length.

τhεṡε αɾε ṃÿ τhøυģhτṡ ώhατ ḋø ÿøυ τhïṉќ?

P.S τhαṉќ ÿøυ ƒøɾ ɾεαḋïṉģ! <3

јøв 2...

My though question has already been used throughout several of other peoples blogs, but I wanted to know your guys' opinions on the matter. The question is how do us as humans react when we are faced with a life or death choice? During the short story when Peyton Fahrquhar is about to face death, he suddenly gains super strength and a will to live after thinking about his family.

Even though this was all in his head, lets say theoretically, he did actually gain the will to escape. Do you think it is possible that we as humans are able to gain, "supernatural powers" such as increased strength and heightened senses in our times of peril?


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ï'ṿε вεεṉ ɾεαllÿ вυṡÿ ώïτh ώøɾќ τhε lαṡτ ƒεώ ḋαÿṡ...

 

αṃ ï τøø lατε? јøв 1...

"To be hanged and drowned," he thought, "that is not so bad; but I do not wish to be shot. No; I will not be shot; that is not fair." (Chapter 3)

This thought from Peyton Fahrquhar, started getting me thinking the question why? How would anybody in their right mind rather be hung, and drowned then shot. The way I see it is why suffer while you are dying, when one bullet could just end it all? It does not seem like normal human nature, to want to have a painful death.

On the other hand Peyton Fahrquhar might not have been your average person. Even though the book states in the beginning of chapter 2 that he was a well off planter, from a highly respected Alabama family. We can clearly see from the context of chapter 3 that Peyton Fahrquhar has some very interesting thoughts as well. Not many average people have these thoughts, at the same time, average people are not at the brink of death either...

What do you guys think?

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