Question

part iii: paragraph 3 and 4
he was now in full possession of his physical senses. they were, indeed, preternaturally keen and alert. something in the awful disturbance of his organic system had so exalted and refined them that they made record of things never before perceived. he felt the ripples upon his face and heard their separate sounds as they struck. he looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual trees, the leaves and the veining of each leaf - he saw the very insects upon them: the locusts, the brilliant bodied flies, the gray spiders stretching their webs from twig to twig. he noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a million blades of grass. the humming of the gnats that danced above the eddies of the stream, the beating of the dragon flies wings, the strokes of the water spiders legs, like oars which had lifted their boat - all these made audible music. a fish slid along beneath his eyes and he heard the rush of its body parting the water.
he had come to the surface facing down the stream; in a moment the visible world seemed to wheel slowly round, himself the pivotal point, and he saw the bridge, the fort, the soldiers upon the bridge, the captain, the sergeant, the two privates, his executioners. they were in silhouette against the blue sky. they shouted and gesticulated, pointing at him. the captain had drawn his pistol, but did not fire; the others were unarmed. their movements were grotesque and horrible, their forms gigantic.
preternatural: exceptional or abnormal; outside of nature.
exalt: to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality; to elevate.
prismatic: like a prism; brilliant and having a spectrum of colors.
gesticulate: to make gestures, especially in an animated or excited way.
grotesque: odd or unnatural in shape or appearance; bizarre; deformed.
questions

1. imagery: highlight (in green) bierces descriptions of nature.
2. purpose: what is bierces purpose for emphasizing the tiny details of nature?
3. purpose: how does this contrast with farquhars situation?
4. imagery: highlight (in pink) bierces descriptions of farquhars auditory senses.

pick one of the images farquhar describes in his internal dialogue in paragraph 3 above and draw it.

Explanation:

1. To answer this, one would need to read the text and identify the descriptions of nature by Bierce and highlight them in green as instructed.
2. Bierce might emphasize tiny details of nature to create a vivid and immersive setting, perhaps to contrast with the harsh reality of Farquhar's situation or to show his heightened state of awareness.
3. The detailed and beautiful nature descriptions contrast with Farquhar's dire and life - threatening situation of being about to be executed. The tranquility of nature stands in sharp relief to his impending doom.
4. One would need to read the text and identify the descriptions of Farquhar's auditory senses and highlight them in pink as instructed. For the drawing part, one would choose an image from Farquhar's internal dialogue in paragraph 3 and draw it based on the textual description.

Answer:

1. Highlight relevant nature descriptions in green as per text.
2. To create vivid setting or contrast with Farquhar's situation.
3. Nature's tranquility contrasts with his impending doom.
4. Highlight relevant auditory descriptions in pink as per text; then draw an image from paragraph 3 internal dialogue.