I believe the answer is: Rationalization
In psychology, rationalization refers to the act of justifying negative behaviors/outcome in your life even if the justification is inappropriate.
This action often being done by someone who are not willing to face the truth and refused to held accountable for the outcome that happened in their life.
<span>In "an occurrence at owl creek bridge," the author uses symbolism to identify the ticking of the man's watch as time slows and he becomes more aware of his surroundings. The watch is the major symbol for the protagonist's life, because</span><span> when watch tick and ''time'' runs out it represents last heart beats of the character.</span>
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John Locke was the architect behind the Western democracies as they exist today. He presented his ideas in his principal work "Two Treatises of Government" in 1690. ... Unlike Hobbes, he believed that this social contract should be a democracy. John Locke was a very important inspiration to the American Revolution.