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"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge"is"oneofthemost
famousandfrequentlyanthologizedstoriesinAmerican "AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge"
literature"[1]andwaswrittenbyAmericanCivilWarsoldier,
wit,andwriterAmbroseBierce.OriginallypublishedbyThe
SanFranciscoExamineronJuly13,1890,itwasfirstcollected
inBierce's1891bookTalesofSoldiersandCivilians.Thestory,
whichissetduringtheCivilWar,isfamousforitsirregulartime
sequenceandtwistending.Bierce'sabandonmentofstrictlinear
narrationinfavoroftheinternalmindoftheprotagonistis
consideredanearlyexampleofexperimentationwithstreamof
consciousness.[2]

AuthorKurtVonnegutwrote:"...Iconsideranybodyatwerp
whohasn'treadthegreatestAmericanshortstory,whichis'[An]
OccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge,'byAmbroseBierce.itisn't
remotelypolitical.ItisaflawlessexampleofAmericangenius,
like'SophisticatedLady'byDukeEllingtonortheFranklin
stove."[3]

Author AmbroseBierce
Contents Country UnitedStates
Language English
1 Plotsummary
2 Themes Genre(s) shortstory
3 Storieswithsimilarstructure Publishedin TalesofSoldiersandCivilians
4 Adaptations
4.1 Movies,television,andvideos Publicationdate 1890
4.2 Radio
4.3 Stage
4.4 Other
5 Influence
6 Notes
7 References
8 Externallinks

Plotsummary
PeytonFarquhar,aplantationownerinhismidthirties,isbeingpreparedforexecutionbyhangingfroman
AlabamarailroadbridgeduringtheAmericanCivilWar.Sixmilitarymenandacompanyofinfantrymenare
present,guardingthebridgeandcarryingoutthesentence.Farquharthinksofhiswifeandchildrenandisthen
distractedbyanoisethat,tohim,soundslikeanunbearablyloudclangingitisactuallythetickingofhiswatch.
Heconsidersthepossibilityofjumpingoffthebridgeandswimmingtosafetyifhecanfreehistiedhands,butthe
soldiersdrophimfromthebridgebeforehecanactontheidea.

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Inaflashback,Farquharandhiswifearerelaxingathomeoneeveningwhenasoldierridesuptothegate.
Farquhar,asupporteroftheConfederacy,learnsfromhimthatUniontroopshaveseizedtheOwlCreekrailroad
bridgeandrepairedit.ThesoldiersuggeststhatFarquharmightbeabletoburnthebridgedownifhecanslippast
itsguards.Hethenleaves,butdoublesbackafternightfalltoreturnnorththewayhecame.Thesoldierisactually
adisguisedUnionscoutwhohasluredFarquharintoatrap,asanyciviliancaughtinterferingwiththerailroads
willbehanged.

Thestoryreturnstothepresent,andtheropearoundFarquhar'sneckbreakswhenhefallsfromthebridgeintothe
creek.Hefreeshishands,pullsthenooseaway,andsurfacestobeginhisescape.Hissensesnowgreatly
sharpened,hedivesandswimsdownstreamtoavoidrifleandcannonfire.Onceheisoutofrange,heleavesthe
creektobeginthejourneytohishome,30milesaway.Farquharwalksalldaylongthroughaseeminglyendless
forest,andthatnighthebeginstohallucinate,seeingstrangeconstellationsandhearingwhisperedvoicesinan
unknownlanguage.Hetravelson,urgedbythethoughtofhiswifeandchildrendespitethepainscausedbyhis
ordeal.Thenextmorning,afterhavingapparentlyfallenasleepwhilewalking,hefindshimselfatthegatetohis
plantation.Herushestoembracehiswife,butbeforehecandoso,hefeelsaheavyblowuponthebackofhis
neckthereisaloudnoiseandaflashofwhite,and"thenallisdarknessandsilence".

ItisrevealedthatFarquharneverescapedatallheimaginedtheentirethirdpartofthestoryduringthetime
betweenfallingthroughthebridgeandthenoosebreakinghisneck.

Themes
Thisshortstorydemonstratesthatthereisnoromanceorgloryinwar.Thetitleofthestorycontainstheword
"occurrence",whichdemonstrateshowcommonthelossoflifeiswithinwar,lesseningtheperceivedvalueof
thosehumanlives.ThefantasythatFarquharhasdemonstratedthedangerofhavingillusionsaboutwar,because
warisnotalovestorythatendswithrunningtoyourwife'sarms,ithasruthlessandpitilesspunishment.

Anotherthemepresentinthestoryisthatof"dyingwithdignity".Thestoryshowsthereaderthatthereisno
mitigationforthedeathsthatoccurinwarfare,soevenattemptstohavemendiewithdignitywerelackingin
honor.

Thefinalideafocuseduponwithinthepieceistheideaofpsychologicalescaperightbeforedeath.Farquhar
experiencesanintensedelusiontodistracthimfromhisinevitabledeath.Themomentofhorrorthatthereaders
experienceattheendofthepiece,whentheyrealizethathedies,reflectsthedistortionofrealitythatFarquhar
encounters.[4]

Sinceitisnot(only)thenarratorwhotellsastorybut(also)thereaderhimorherself,anotheraspectisof
considerableimportancehere.Ashehimselfonceputit,(bitter)Biercedetested"...badreadersreaderswho,
lackingthehabitofanalysis,lackalsothefacultyofdiscrimination,andtakewhateverisputbeforethem,withthe
broad,blindcatholicityofaslopfedconscienceofaparlorpig".[5]FarquharwasdupedbyaFederalscoutand
cursoryreadersontheirpartaresuccessfullydupedbytheauthorwhomakesthemthinktheyarewitnessing
Farquhar'sluckyescapefromthegallows.Instead,theyonlywitnessthehallucinationofsuchanescapetaking
placeinthecharacter'sunconsciousmindwhichisgovernedbytheinstinctofselfpreservation.Inretrospectwe
seethatthetitleiftakenliterallyfromtheoutsetprovidesthereaderswiththeinformationthattherewillnotbe
anychangeofsceneryatallbecausesimplyanoccurrenceatthatbridgeisannounced.

Theentirestorymightwellbereadasaparable:Wearealldoomed,andwhateverfranticattemptswemaketo
gainourpersonalsalvationinourfinalmomenttherewillbenoepiphanybutonlyitsabsoluteoppositeand
negation,just"darknessandsilence".ThisisBierce'srejectionoftheChristianthesisofman'sfinalredemption,
anditistheultimatesymbolofthefutilityofhumanaspiration.Farquhar'smiserableendillustratesamostextreme
discrepancybetweenaspirationandreality.
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Storieswithsimilarstructure
Theplotdeviceofalongperiodofsubjectivetimepassinginaninstant,suchastheimaginedexperiencesof
Farquharwhilefalling,hasbeenexploredbyseveralauthors.[6]AnearlyliteraryantecedentappearsintheTang
dynastytale,TheGovernorofNanke,byLiGongzuo.AnothermedievalantecedentisDonJuanManuel'sTalesof
CountLucanor,ChapterXII(c1335),"OfthatwhichhappenedtoaDeanofSantiago,withDonIllan,the
Magician,wholivedatToledo",inwhichalifehappensinaninstant.[7][8]CharlesDickens'essay"AVisitto
Newgate"whereinamandreamshehasescapedhisdeathsentencehasbeenspeculatedasapossiblesourcefor
thestory.[9]

Bierce'sstoryhighlightedtheideaofsubjectivetimepassingatthemomentofdeathandpopularizedthefictional
deviceoffalsenarrativecontinuation,whichhasbeeninwidecirculationeversincethen.Notableexamplesofthis
techniquefromtheearlytomid20thcenturyincludeH.G.Wells's"TheDoorintheWall"(1906)and"The
BeautifulSuit"(1909),VladimirNabokov's"DetailsofaSunset"(1924)and"TheAurelian"(1930),JorgeLuis
Borges's"TheSecretMiracle"(1944)and"TheSouth"(1949),WilliamGolding's"PincherMartin"(1956),aswell
asCortazar's"TheIslandatMidday,"andPerutz's"FromNinetoNine".

Amongmorerecentworks,DavidLynch'slaterfilmshavebeensometimescomparedto"AnOccurrenceatOwl
CreekBridge",althoughtheyalsohavebeeninterpretedastheMbiusstripstorylines.[10][11]Aparticularlystrong
inspirationforthe1990filmJacob'sLadder,forbothBruceJoelRubinandAdrianLyne,wasRobertEnrico's
1962shortfilmAnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge,[12]oneofLyne'sfavouritemovies.[13]TobiasWolff'sshort
story"BulletintheBrain"(1995)revealstheprotagonist'spastthroughrelatingwhatheremembersanddoesnot
inthemillisecondafterheisfatallyshot.

Adaptations
Severaladaptationsof"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge"havebeenproduced.

Movies,television,andvideos

TheSpy(alsoreleasedasTheBridge)wasasilentmovieadaptationofthestory,directedin1929byCharles
Vidor.
ATVversionofthestorystarringBritishactorRonaldHowardwastelecastin1959duringthefifthseason
oftheAlfredHitchcockPresentstelevisionanthologyseries.
Larivireduhibou("TheOwlRiver"),aFrenchversiondirectedbyRobertEnricoandproducedbyMarcel
IchacandPauldeRoubaix,wasreleasedin1963.Itwontheawardforbestshortsubjectatthe1962Cannes
filmfestivalandwonanOscaratthe1963AcademyAwardsforbestliveactionshort.[14]In1964Larivire
duhibouairedonAmericantelevisionasanepisodeoftheanthologyseriesTheTwilightZone.
In2006,theDVDAmbroseBierce:CivilWarStorieswasreleased,whichcontainsadaptationsofthreeof
AmbroseBierce'sshortstories,amongthem"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge"directedbyBrianJames
Egan.TheDVDalsocontainsanextendedversionofthestorywithmorebackgroundanddetailthantheone
includedinthetrilogy.
OwlCreekBridge,a2008shortfilmbydirectorJohnGiwaAmu,wontheBAFTACymruAwardforbest
short.ThestorywasadaptedtofollowthelastdaysofKhalid,ayoungboywhoiscaughtbyagangofracist
youths.
"AnIncidentatOwlCreek"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dad!_(season_6)#ep95)wasa2010
episodeoftheTVseriesAmericanDad.
The2010Babybirdmusicvideo"Unloveable",directedbyJohnnyDepp,retellstheOwlCreekBridgestory.
The2011Grouplovemusicvideo"Colours"alsoretellstheOwlCreekBridgestory.

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A2013shortfilm,TheExitRoom,starringChristopherAbbottasajournalistinawartorn2021America,is
basedonthestory.[15]

Radio
In1936,theradioseriesTheColumbiaWorkshopbroadcastanadaptationof"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreek
Bridge".[16]
WilliamN.Robson'sfirstscriptadaptationwasbroadcastonEscapeDecember10,1947,starringHarry
BartellasPeytonFarquhar.[17]
Suspensebroadcastthreedifferentversions,allwithslightlydifferentscriptsbyWilliamN.Robson:
thefirstonDecember9,1956,starringJosephCottenasPeytonFarquhar
thesecondonDecember15,1957,starringVictorJoryasFarquhar
andthethirdonJuly9,1959,starringVincentPriceasFarquhar.[18]
CBSRadioMysteryTheaterbroadcastanadaptationbySamDannonJune4,1974(repeatedonAugust24,
1974,andSeptember15,1979)starringWilliamPrince.[19]
WinifredPhillipsnarratedandcomposedoriginalmusicforanabridgedversionofthestoryfortheTalesby
AmericanMastersradioseries,producedbyWinnieWaldrononMay29,2001.
TheTwilightZoneRadioDramas(2002)broadcastanadaptationofthestorybyM.J.EliotdirectedbyJoBe
Cerny,starringChristianStolteasFarquharandfeaturingStacyKeachasthenarrator.[20]

Stage

ScottishcomposerTheaMusgravecomposedanopera,AnOccurrenceatOwlStreetBridge,whichwas
broadcastbytheBBCin1981.
AnOccurrenceRemembered,atheatricalretellingofBierce'sAnOccurrenceAtOwlCreekBridgeand
Chickamauga,premieredinthefallof2001inNewYorkCityunderthedirectionofLorinMorganRichards
andleadchoreographerNicoleCavaliere.[21]

Other
Issue#23ofthecomicsmagazineEerie,publishedinSeptember1969byWarrenPublishing,containedan
adaptationofthestory.

Influence
Thestory'sirregulartimesequenceand"blinkofaneye"twistendinghasinspirednumerousworks,including:

Theplotoftheradioplay"PresentTense",writtenbyJamesPoe,starringVincentPriceandbroadcaston
EscapeonJanuary31,1950,hassimilaritiestoAnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge.Thesamescriptwas
used(withPriceagainstarring)onSuspenseonMarch3,1957.[22]
ThealbumStampedefromTheDoobieBrothersincludesatrackcalled"ICheattheHangman",authoredby
PatrickSimmonsandreleasedNovember12,1975.Itisasomberoutlawballadthatwasinspiredbythe
story"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge"."It'saboutaghostreturningtohishomeaftertheCivilWarand
notrealizinghe'sdead,"saidSimmonsaboutthesong.
The1985filmBrazilhasasimilarfinalact.[23]
ThefourteenthtrackonBressaCreetingCake'sselftitled1997albumisentitled"PeytonFarquhar".
TheheavymetalbandDeceasedretoldthetaleinthesong"TheHangingSoldier"onits2000album
SupernaturalAddiction.
ThefilmTheDescentfrom2005hasasimilarfinalact.
The2002SpikeLeefilm25thHourengagesinanextendedversionofthisideaasMontyisbeingtakento
prisonbyhisdad.
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AdamYounghassaidthatthisstorywastheinspirationforthenameofhis2007electronicamusicalproject,
OwlCity.[24]
TheEscapistisa2008filmdirectedbyRupertWyatt.InaninterviewwithTrevorGroth,Wyattsaid"The
structureofthefilm'splotwasinspiredbyawellknownshortstorywritteninthe19thcenturybyAmbrose
Biercecalled'AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge'."Inthefinalscene,FrankPerryvisitsRizza'scell,brings
thebook,andsayshemusthavereaditaboutadozentimes.
InTheSimpsons,season25,episode6,"TheKidIsAllRight"(2013),LisaSimpson'scampaignspeechis
cutshortwhenshenoticestheshadowofanoosearoundherneck,explainedbyMr.Largoasapropforthe
school'sproductionof"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge".
InaninterviewwithAfterbuzz,TeenWolfwriterandcreatorJeffDavissaidthatthefinalsequenceofthe
Season3finale(2104)wasinspiredby"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge".
ThesongMendokusaionTellison's2015albumHopeFadingNightlyfeaturestherefrain"Weareallbroken
necked,swingingfromthetimbersofOwlCreekBridge."
InBlackMirror,season3,episode2,"Playtest"(2016),involvesasimilarplotpoint.

Notes
1."AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge:AmbroseBierce."ShortStoryCriticism,v.72,JosephPalmisano,ed.Farmington
Hills,MI:ThomsonGale,2004,p.2.
2.Khanom,Afruza."SilenceasLiteraryDeviceinAmbroseBierce's'TheOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge.'Teaching
AmericanLiterature:AJournalofTheoryandPractice.Spring6.1(2013):4552.Print.
3.Vonnegut,Kurt,"DoYouKnowWhataTwerpIs?"AManWithoutaCountry,2005,pp.78.
4."AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridgeThemeseNotes.com"(http://www.enotes.com/topics/occurrenceowlcreekbridge/
themes).eNotes.Retrieved20161101.
5.Prattle,TheSanFranciscoArgonaut,22June1878,asquotedinF.J.LoganTheWrySeriousnessofOwlCreekBridge
in:AmericanLiteraryRealism,10,No.2(Spring1977),pp.101113.
6.AmbroseBierce's"AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge":anannotatedcriticaledition.RobertC.Evansed.2003,Locust
HillPress,WestCornwall,CT.ISBN0972228969.
7.JuanManuel,PrinceofVillena,TalesofCountLucanor,
https://archive.org/stream/countlucanororfi00juaniala/countlucanororfi00juaniala_djvu.txt
8.ThisstorywasrewrittenbyJorgeLuisBorgesin"TheWizardPostponed",inhisbookAUniversalHistoryofInfamy
(1935).
9.Tabachnick,Stephen."APossibleSourceforAmbroseBierce's"AnOccurrenceatOwlcreekBridge."ANQ:AQuarterly
JournalofShortArticles,Notes,andReviews.26.1(2013):4548.Print.
10."Thain"(http://www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture/Issue_8/thain.html#20).Retrieved13February2017.
11."Metaphilm:::ReadingInlandEmpire"(http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/readinginlandempire/).Retrieved
13February2017.
12.BruceJoelRubin,Jacob'sLadder,ApplauseTheatre&CinemaBooks,1990
13.Hartl,John(19901101)."AdrianLyneMetAMetaphysicalChallenge"(http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/ar
chive/?date=19901101&slug=1101695).TheSeattleTimes.Retrieved20100206.
14."AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridge(1962)"(https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35918/AnOccurrenceatOwlCreekB
ridge/details).NYTimes.Retrieved20100109.
15."TheExitRoom"(http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/04/16/theexitroom/).Retrieved20140504.
16.Buxton,FrankandOwen,Bill.TheBigBroadcast:19201950,NewYork,AvonBooks,1973,p.56.
17." "AnOccurrance[sic]atOwlCreekBridge" "(http://www.escapesuspense.com/2008/04/escapeanocc.html).Escape
andSuspense.20080406.Retrieved20170421.
18." "AnOccurrance[sic]atOwlCreekBridge" "(http://www.escapesuspense.com/2008/04/escapeanocc.html).Escape
andSuspense.20080406.Retrieved20170421.
19."Archivedcopy"(https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113755/http://www.ambrosebierce.org/journal1hand.html).
Archivedfromtheoriginal(http://www.ambrosebierce.org/journal1hand.html)on20160304.Retrieved20160310.
20."Archivedcopy"(https://web.archive.org/web/20160312181242/http://www.twilightzoneradio.com:80/template/store.cfm/
ses_/details.cfm,list,x,0,0,50159,x,x,x/).Archivedfromtheoriginal(http://www.twilightzoneradio.com/template/store.cf
m/ses_/details.cfm,list,x,0,0,50159,x,x,x)on20160312.Retrieved20160310.
21.CivilWarTimesIllustrated,December2001

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22."EscapeandSuspense!:EscapePresentTense"(http://www.escapesuspense.com/2008/05/escapepresen.html).
Retrieved13February2017.
23."WhentheDeadDream:FilmsInspiredbyAnOccurrenceatOwlCreekBridgeCineleet"(http://cineleet.com/2008/0
3/23/whenthedeaddreamfilmsinspiredbyanoccurrenceatowlcreekbridge/).Retrieved13February2017.
24."WhyICallMyselfOwlCity"(https://web.archive.org/web/20151222132036/http://www.ayoungblog.com/post/2834754
3077/whyicallmyselfowlcity).AdamYoungBlog.Archivedfromtheoriginal(http://www.ayoungblog.com/post/2834
7543077/whyicallmyselfowlcity)on20151222.Retrieved20151216.

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