An occurrence at Oul Creek Bridge - How does the narrator indicate by his methods of writing that PF's experiences aren't real?

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AN OCCURRENCE AT OUL CREEK BRIDGE

How does the narrator indicate by his methods of writing that PF’s experiences aren’t real?

At the beginning of the third section it begins by saying PF fell and lost consciousness. Not many people would survive a fall like that, which makes us think “Oh that’s strange he’s still alive.” It says, “and was as one already dead.” This is very unlikely because in any normal situation the rope would have probably snapped his neck.

PF awakens to find a pain around his neck. He feels as if the rope is suffocating him. The pain is shooting down him, “heating him to an intolerable heat.” Note the language used here, using the word heat twice. The writer says that PF has no senses except his sense of feeling; this is a very unlikely event because if one sense works the rest usually do too.

PF then feels that he is the centre of a cloud, that he is the fiery heart. He feels himself swinging in oscillating arcs like a pendulum. The language used here is strange as well; it’s like describing something that would happen in a dream. All of a sudden the rope breaks and he falls into the stream. All these events are unlikely to have ever happened, because they are of a far-fetched nature.

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As he is floating down the stream, he manages to break the rope that has bound his hands together. This is near impossible, because he also has to try to breath and swim at the same time.

PF is now floating down the stream above the water. He looks at his surroundings, and somehow his vision has become enhanced and he can see every little detail, more than the human eye can see. It says, “saw the individual trees, the leaves and the veining of each leaf, saw the very insects upon them, the locusts, the brilliant bodied flies, the ...

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