He was conscious of motion. encompassed in
a luminous cloud, of which he was now
merely the fiery heart, without material
substance, he swung through unthinkable
ares of oscillation, like a vast pendulum. then
all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light
about him shot upward with the noise of a
loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his
ears, and all was cold and dark. the power of
thought was restored; he knew that the rope
had broken and he had fallen into the stream
"an occurrence at owl creek bridge,"
ambrose bierce
how does farquhar's "oscillation, like a vast
pendulum" foreshadow a real event in the story?
it represents farquhar's return to his
plantation
it indicates that farquhar is dizzyingly moving
forward in time
it shows how difficult the journey ahead of
farquhar will be
it suggests how farquhar's body will swing at
the end of the rope,
done