How did Peyton Farquhar come to his early demise? He took a foolish risk, letting his emotions get in the way of his reasoning. Farquhar was desperate to be a hero, so much that he didn't realize that the story the "confederate" soldier told him was too perfect to be true.
In the same way, people have a tendency to take a risk to try to improve their life - but sometimes they don't think long enough about the possible results of their decision. For example, many people through history have had great ideas, yet these same people have often gone broke trying to market their ideas because they lacked the business sense to make money from their idea.
If, however, you carefully consider the risk in advance and discuss it with intelligent people, you are much less likely to find yourself swinging from a rope over Owl Creek.
I completely agree. He could have been much more patient and sent a Confederate spy to check the area out, but instead he rushed in where angels definitely feared to tread. Some of the most successful people in history take advantage where others see hopelessness, but they only succeed if they have a good plan to carry it out with.
ReplyDeleteI like the comparison... very true in real life and in the story!
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