Wilderness in Owl Creek Bridge

Wilderness is shown in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bride" many times. One of the first times you see it in the story is the setting of the story. It takes place in the woods on a bridge which is right above a river. He uses the river to represent his live which I think also represents the widerness he has in his life. He show the river as flowing and passing him by, which in the same way is how he is seeing his life as it is at the end. He sees him life passing by him. Just like wilderness can be a place, it can also be a state of mind. A place in your mide where you go to escape. Peyton does this by instead of thinking of his death he escapes the reality of it and goes to another state of mind by thinking of his family and memories.