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The Outcast Of Poker Flat Regionalism
In the 1850’s, the western region has changed overtime and is a lot different than today’s society. Local color is shown in the beginning of the story when Harte talks about people being banished. For example, when Mr. Oakhurst returns to the group he speaks in a particular dialect. “Is this yer a dd picnic?” (128-129), this is local color because it shows how people really talked. In this time period, regionalism starts when the people of Poker Flat start discussing about throwing the outcast out of town. In Bret Harte's "The Outcast of Poker Flat", he uses setting, conflict, and symbolism. The story is based around a small group of "misfits" who are in a western region, struggling to survive obstacles that are yet to come.
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