JOB #3 - LITERATURE CONNECTIONS
I briefly mentioned The Red Badge of Courage in my first post, not realizing that I might want to use that for a future post, so decided to expound upon it here. The reality of war is a major theme in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," just as it becomes a major theme throughout "The Red Badge of Courage". Farquhar and Henry both struggle internally with a desire to show themselves worthy through war, seeing it as a way to attain glory, and therefore viewing it in a somewhat romantic light. Both men perhaps underestimate how horrific it will be, and use their minds to escape the brutal reality of what is actually happening (either to them or around them) in their incomprehensible situations. In the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" when Farquhar is dying, he dreams of only beautiful things and everything is seen in a positive light, as he seems to fear the reality of being hung so much that his mind imagines an extremely detailed escape. T