Expository Writing - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge "An Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce is about man who was tricked into being killed. It is said that before you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. But for his man, it was not his life, but what could've happened instead of him dying. Peyton Farquhar was a part of a highly respected family from Alabama, as well as a slave owner, a politician, and very much so devoted to the Southern cause. He was unable to join in on the war because of certain circumstances, but supported the men of the army all the way. The story