Question

Beginning on page 118, Paul is awake and on sentry duty in the nighttime battlefield. As he stares across no-man's land, he has a vision. What is Paul's vision?

1) He sees his comrades fighting bravely.
2) He sees the enemy retreating.
3) He sees a peaceful landscape.
4) He sees his family waiting for him at home.

Answer 1

4) He sees his family waiting for him at home. Paul's vision is of a peaceful landscape where he sees his home and his wife waiting to greet him with joy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question pertains to a vision that a character named Paul experiences while on sentry duty in the nighttime battlefield. Given the context provided and assuming we are discussing the narrative from 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' the correct answer is that Paul's vision is option 3) He sees a peaceful landscape. In his vision, Paul is at the gate of his own home, where everything is as he left it, bathed in the brightness and beauty of a morning sun. This vision also includes seeing his wife emerge to greet him with ineffable joy and grace, which underscores a peaceful, domestic scene far removed from the horrors of battle that he was actually in.