12/15/11

In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge there are example of foreshadowing.  One example is that once he was hanged, it said he had lost consciousness as if he was already dead.  The author would not have put that information in there if it was not important or a hint as to what is going to happen.  Another example is that after he had "fallen" from the rope into the water, he kept mentioning a bright shining light.  He thought it was the sun shining down, but it was him dying.  He most have had the sensation of drowning, which I imagine is close to suffocation.  He was hallucinating about how he survived.  And then, at the very end he mentions a very white bright light, which obviously points to him dying.