Questions 7 and 8

7. Point of view refers to the vantage point from which the story is told.  Why is the limited third-person point of view appropriate for this story? How might the story be different if Bierce had used an omniscient third-person narrator? This story is told in limited third person because the story is structured in a way that if you do not follow the main characters point of view it would not have a twist. So, if the story was told in an omniscient third person style than the story would have a twist.

8. How does Bierce’s use of flashback contribute to the effectiveness of the story?  The story used the flashback because as he was being hung, it left you with a twist.  Before you find out what happend to Farquhar, it lets you know this first.  That’s flashbacks contributed to the story.