Question

an occurrence at owl creek bridge by ambrose bierce a man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. the mans hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. a rope closely encircled his neck. it was attached to a stout cross - timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees. some loose boards laid upon the sleepers supporting the metals of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners - two private soldiers of the federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. at a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. he was a captain. a sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known assupport, that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest - a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. it did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge; they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot - planking that traversed it. beyond one of the sentinels nobody was in sight; the railroad ran straight away into a forest for a hundred yards, then, curving, was lost to view. doubtless there was an outpost farther along. the other bank of the stream was open ground - a gentle acclivity topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge. midway of the slope between the bridge and fort were the spectators - a single company of infantry in line, at parade rest, the butts of the rifles on the ground, the barrels inclining slightly backward against the right shoulder, the hands crossed upon the stock. a lieutenant stood at the read the excerpt from an occurrence at owl creek bridge he unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. if i could free my hands, he thought, i might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. by diving i could evade the bullets and swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. my home, thank god, is as yet outside their lines, my wife and little ones are still beyond the invaders farthest advance. which best describes the impact of the narration in the excerpt? it reveals to the reader the mans plan of escape. it introduces the reader to a new character through the characters thoughts. it helps the reader understand why the man is being hanged. it allows the reader to understand the thoughts of a man preparing for death

Explanation:

El extracto muestra los pensamientos internos del hombre que está a punto de ser ahorcado, donde se detalla su plan de escape. Estos pensamientos se expresan en el momento en que está en una situación de peligro y cercanía de la muerte.

Answer:

It reveals to the reader the man's plan of escape.