The 14th amendment to the US Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868 during the Reconstruction era. It, along with the 13th and 15th amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction amendments. However, of those three, the 14th is the most complicated and the one that has had the more unforeseen effects.
The primary theme in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is (C) the line between dreams and reality is thin. Throughout the course of the short story, the illusion of Farquhar represents a reality for the readers. So it shows how thin the line is between fantasy and reality. Comments.
The entire escape was his mind's final fantastic vision, devised to shield him from the painful reality of the doom it ultimately denies. Now that we have the story's theme, let's take a closer look at its elements to get a better picture of just what happened at Owl Creek Bridge.