Why do you think the author gave Peyton superhuman abilities?
What I mean by this question is that during Peyton's escape, he freed himself from the cord with superhuman strength. I am wanting to ask why Bierce gave Peyton this superhuman strength. I think it could be a clue to us that this was in a dream. I don't really know, what about you?
It might not have been superhuman abilities when he freed his hands from the rope. It could also be viewed as adrenaline. Adrenaline is basically our own "superhuman" strength that comes out in a traumatic moment. And that was defiantly a traumatic moment.
ReplyDeleteOh, that makes a lot of sense. Bierce may have written it in a confusing way on purpose to sort of hint to the reader that something is just not right, that this is a dream.
DeleteI agree with all of you :) I think that the adrenaline of his life being at risk definitely kicked in when Peyton was freeing himself with what seemed like super-human abilities. It also makes sense that he would exaggerate the abilities to give us clues that it is not actually real, but his imagination for hope. Love your picture btw :)
DeleteThe reason why the author gave Peyton unknown strength when he was trying to free his hands in the water is that his flight or fight response kicked in and Peyton's body was just responding to that sense.
ReplyDeleteAh, I see, Good point. So it was just like an adrenalin rush. That makes sense.
DeleteYeah, I honestly think that it wasn't even superhuman abilities, just an adrenalin rush. When you experience an adrenalin rush its basically like you are just a regular engine and then BOOM you become a supercharged engine! I think the reason we all saw it first as superhuman abilities was because of the other oddities going on at the same time.
DeleteThat's true, so it could be just the adrenaline. Since there were other superhuman abilities, I guess I just assumed that was another one of them.
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