The sudden arrest of his motion, the abrasion of one of his hands on the gravel, restored him, and he wept with delight. He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it. It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble. The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants; he noted a definite order in their arrangement, inhaled the fragrance of their blooms. Which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? It indicates that Farquhar is easily distracted and no longer concerned with his family. It highlights Farquhar’s confusion about whether or not he is alive and experiencing reality. It emphasizes Farquhar’s euphoric feelings about the rope breaking and his apparent survival. It proves that Farquhar is experiencing a dream before that fact is revealed to the reader.

It emphasizes Farquhar’s euphoric feelings about the rope breaking and his apparent survival.

Explanation:

Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at Old Creek Bridge revolves around the fluctuating theme of reality and imagination involving the main protagonist Peyton Farquhar. He has been arrested and convicted to be hanged at Old Creek Bridge in Alabama for trying to disrupt any work regarding the railroad.

In the given passage from the short story, Farquhar is imagining things which he thinks are a reality. He saw himself free from the bridge, the impending execution, and surrounded with "diamonds, rubies, emeralds". His euphoric feeling on managing to escape the execution was a great deal, and with the description of the surrounding areas given in the passage, it only adds to the delirium in him.

Thus, the narration of the given passage emphasizes the euphoric feeling that Farquhar has about the rope breaking and his supposedly apparent escape and survival.  

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