An informer tells him that there were only "a picket post half a mile out on the railroad," but instead of becoming a hero, he is captured in a trap.
This character wants to use driftwood to burn out the Union's inevitable path, in order to prevent them from reaching the house. An informer tells him that there were only "a picket post half a mile out on the railroad," but instead of becoming a hero, he is captured in a trap. He imagines the crack of his neck to be a rifle shot and the protruding of his tongue a symptom of thirst before he is ultimately hanged. For 10 points, identify this protagonist of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
This character wants to use driftwood to burn out the Union's inevitable path, in order to prevent them from reaching the house.
{Peyton Farquhar }(accept either!)