Question

What non-linear plot element is utilized to reveal why Peyton Farquhar faces death by hanging in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge":

1. the falling action
2. a flashback
3. foreshadowing
4. the resolution

Answer 1

The correct answer here is the flashback. After the soldiers sent him over the bridge to hang we enter a flashback sequence where we find out how Peyton got to the point where we first meet him. We find out that he was tricked by a disgraced Union soldier and he interfered with the railroad and the punishment for that is death by hanging.