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Discussion 5: Owl Creek and Shady Hill (Bierce and Cheever) Previous Next Both "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Country Husband" are third person, limited-omniscient narratives whose narrators intrude (step in) to make value judgments and to create very detailed settings

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Discussion 5: Owl Creek and Shady Hill (Bierce and Cheever) Previous Next Both "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Country Husband" are third person, limited-omniscient narratives whose narrators intrude (step in) to make value judgments and to create very detailed settings. Compare Cheever's realistic setting with Bierce's opening description of the events leading up to Peyton Farquahr's (shall we call it fantastic?) journey contrasted with the description of Peyton's "escape."