Characterization : An occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

       An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by: Ambrose Beirce. A word I would use to describe the man in the story is afraid or innocent even though it says just to use one word to describe the man there is two that I think will fit the character. In the text it says, "If I could free my hands," He thought, " I might pull off the noose and jump into the stream. I could swim to the shore, run into the woods, and get away home," This quote shows me that the man is scared for his life and just wants to go home. Also in the text the author says, "My wife and children are still far away from the enemy. Those were the thoughts that flashed into the brain of the doomed man. At that moment, the captain gave the signal." Now this tells me that maybe he has been captured by some kind of enemy that he is glad is not with his family, so it makes me think the man is both scared and innocence.