Job #5

     Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Ambrose Bierce's Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge have very different writing styles. Irving wrote with many details, almost too many, in my opinion. Bierce includes details as well, but they are important to the story, which to me was not the case with Irving's abundant details.
     Another huge difference is Bierce's use of realism. Irving exaggerates immensely with his descriptions of people, places, etc. A good example of this is how he describes Ichabod Crane. Bierce, however, states things just as they are and doesn't include lengthy exaggerations.
     Irving's writing is very Gothic. He includes details and descriptions that give it a feeling of spookiness and mystery. By not clearing telling what happens at the end of the story, he leaves the reader to decide for himself. But Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is written completely realistically. There is no mood in the story, just documentation.
     I enjoyed reading Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge better than I did Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I didn't really like Irving's over-abundance of descriptions, and I wasn't as drawn into the story as I was with Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.

Job #4

Why do you think Peyton in the 3rd chapter was "in full possession of his physical senses"? How could he suddenly hear, see, and touch things that he had never perceived before?