An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bri
Beginning of paper
His neck was in pain and lifting his hand to it he found it horribly swollen. He knew that it had a circle of black where the rope had bruised it. His eyes felt congested; he could no longer close them. His tongue was swollen with thirst; he relieved its fever by thrusting it forward from betwee ....
Middle of paper
.... the jolting pain is simply coming from his neck that is enveloped by a rope dangling from a bridge. Bierce continues to describe the circle of black around his neck from the rope. Peyton claims that he knows that the rope left a bruise, but the only thing bringing that to mind is the fact that the rope is getting tighter and tighter causing more pain to his neck.
This pain inflicted upon his neck was not all he was feeling. His eyes began to feel "congested", and he could not close them ....
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Word count: 476
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
