An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Part II of the story is a “flashback” which shows the reader what happened to Farquhar and why he is being executed. This flashback is missing in the film, but the film also includes a brief scene near its beginning in which Farquhar remembers his wife. As you read, consider why the story includes the flashback, and why the film omits it Does omitting the flashback in the film change the story, or is it necessary to make the film medium effective? Time seems to flow at a variable rate for Farquhar. How does the treatment of the past in both story and film relate to the theme of the passage of time?