Monday, March 13, 2017
Job #2
I know this has kind of been going around in the different posts but why in the world did Bierce make everything so confusing and have us believe Farquhar was actually running away? Or at least why didn't he make it a little more clear? I thought it would have been more dramatic and sad if he actually saw his wife and then got shot. It made me dislike the book a little more (I still really like the book though). What are you feelings about it?
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Yeah, that is just the way Ambrose rights his stories but it was confusing and sometimes hard to tell what he was talking about. It helps though to stop and look up words you don't know. I did think he was going to get shot as soon as he saw his house and his wife.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he wanted the reader to believe it was real because Peyton Farquhar believed it was real, we were seeing it through his eyes. Also it makes for a really effective surprise ending and a very memorable story.
ReplyDeleteYeah I thought it was real because of the way Ambrose described everything, yet it wasn't so that shows that he did a fantastic job on details
ReplyDeleteDo you think the story would have been as effective if Ambrose had placed everything in chronological order? For instance, if he would have told Peyton's background BEFORE the scene where the the Sergeant steps aside? (basically if he would have placed chapter 2 in front of chapter one?)
ReplyDeleteI think they start like they did as a teaser. It's supposed to be able to grab the reader's attention quickly. After they've been introduced to a situation like that, it's hard not to find out who he is and why he's being executed.
DeleteIt could have been. But it wouldn't have made the story as interesting and creative if he did. By not having it in chronological order it makes the story more appealing to some people
ReplyDeleteAGREED!
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