An Event at Owl Creek Bridge EssayAn Event at Owl Creek Bridge: Present-Past-PresentAn Event at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, which is a short story published in 1890, has gained popularity over the years. He is best known for his manipulation of time. Although the events of the book last only a few seconds, the story is over eight pages long. Time seems to slow down for the man with the noose and at the same time speed up for the reader. Bierce thus presents his manipulation of time in the story. The story begins in the setting of a hanging. A gardener named Peyton Fahrquhar waits for his faith and thinks of his family for the last time. Below him is what is described as a wildly rushing current of water. Peyton stands on a board and tries to plan her escape. If he could only loosen the bonds on his wrists and lift the noose from his neck to dive into the water and make a break for the house where his family would be. As he ponders these questions, his eyes wander toward the stream and catch a piece of driftwood floating along the surface, seemingly t...