Compare and contrast the view that ‘An Arrest’ is a tale...

Compare and contrast the view that An Arrest is a tale of nature rejecting a human villain with the view that it is concerned only with a vengeful superego ‘An Arrest’ is an ambiguous story. You can look at it in different ways. One way to see it is as a tale of nature rejecting a human villain. This view is put forward right from the beginning. When the narrator uses words such as â€Å"confined† and â€Å"fugitive† to describe the state of Orrin Brower, he creates the image of an animal isolated from human society. This is because ‘confined’ is usually a word to do with animals or mad people who are not allowed to be in contact with humans Further evidence to support the argument of Orrin Brower being portrayed as a savage beast comes†¦show more content†¦This shows that despite how he has been treated and what he believes, Brower is still human. The reader is pulled up short by the adverb ‘suddenly’; we become aware that the ‘road’ represents man’s intrusion into nature; it is a turning point in the story. Here, Brower meets a strange figure; ‘there before him saw, indistinctly the figure of a man, in the gloom’ which, because of the description Bierce uses, makes it hard for the reader to picture him- suggesting that the figure is less than a real person. The narrator says that â€Å"the two stood there like trees,† which is ironic as they are the complete opposite; they are not things which blend in with the forest, such as trees, they stand out as they do not belong there. This also suggests that the figure is more a part of nature than Brower as it is ‘indistinct’- it blends in with the trees rather than standing out. We know that the stranger is possibly not human as Bierce writes â€Å"The emotions of the other are not recorded† so he is acting inhumanly as humans show their emotions through actions and expressions. 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