cold shivers run over me”‚ confesses Huckleberry Finn in Mark Twain’s novel The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (7). Throughout these two pieces‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat‚” Bret Harte and Mark Twain use nature to show the effects it has on the characters in their stories. A reason on why nature had such an impact on people of this time was the lack of technology. People in the 1800’s didn’t have the technology that is available today so relying on nature played
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Characters from “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”‚ each “immoral” character has redeeming qualities. Mother Shipton‚ a brothel owner‚ is the first to make the greatest sacrifice for another shows one of her redeeming qualities and her motherly nature. The Duchess‚ a prostitute‚ shows her redeeming qualities through being almost like an elder sister to Piney. And John Oakhurst‚ who despite his better knowledge of the situation‚ continues on with the group of outcasts and their young
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Outcast The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a 9th grade girl called Melinda Sordino whose life is being terrorized by her memories from a bad incident at an end-of-the-summer party. It is the first day of 9th grade for Melinda at Merry Weather High School‚ nobody likes her because she called the cops at the party‚ making her an outcast and speechless. By the end of the novel Melinda finally speaks to her mom and her ex-friends about the party‚ and the narrator learns that having the
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The Outcast The character archetype of the outcast is described as a figure that is banished from a community for some crime (real or imagined). “The outcast is usually destined to become a wanderer” . Society often times shuns people deemed different‚ making them feel like an outcast. This can be positive or negative‚ depending how the individual reacts to it. Being viewed as an outcast could inspire a person to resist popular opinion and encourage them to do great things in their life. While for
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Bret Harte’s short stories convey the idea that nature and humanity reflect one another. Nature and humanity can be both welcoming and ominous. Humanity‚ like a storm‚ can be suddenly raging. Both can push you out of a place into something you’ve never expected to face‚ or into a better place. They can both be calm and gentle at times; and they both have the potential to end. In The Outcasts of Poker‚ Flat Bret Harte has an excellent portrayal of nature reflecting a communities actions. As the
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character in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat". John is an outstanding person and has some phenomenal traits. Such as that he is unusually calm‚ courageous‚ and modest. John has shown numerous times in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"‚ that he is an extraordinarily calm person. One time in which Mr. Oakhurst showed extreme calmness is when the men come to take him away‚ and he just took what is coming. That to me shows extreme calmness. Another time when John Oakhurst shoes his trait of calmness is when
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Huston Outcasts in Society Outcasts are often alienated due to the fact that they do not follow the social norm. They are often judged without the consideration of their circumstances. We as a society view outcasts as damaged goods and don’t give them a chance. We as a society should give everyone the courtesy of an open mind. Outcast are often those who don’t conduct themselves in the manner society thinks they should. As shown: Hester committed adultery‚ a crime that is a serious sin to
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in everyone but some that is the best part of their personality and it can change over time in someone either for the greater good or just in a situation. This is shown tremendously in the short story The Outcasts of Poker Flat‚ written by one of the most famous local color writers‚ Bret Harte. This story was written in a time period of 1850’s where the great migration west was in
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you think people can control how or if the die; even if inevitable? This unique story by Francis Bret Harte "The Outcast of Poker Flat"‚ has a grey western setting. Harte explores the mind of a gambler who is exiled from a warped town. Two literary devices regionalism and naturalism content is evident throughout‚ giving the story a feeling of hopelessness of survival. The regionalism in "The Outcast of Poker Flat" separates the characters from the town in such a way that is ironic. "I reckon
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During the book Frankenstein there are a few characters and even a family who have been outcast from society throughout the story. The family that became an outcast is the De Lacey family‚ and Victor Frankenstein was another person other than the monster who is an outcast in society during the story. The De Lacey family was an outcast in the book Frankenstein. The reason that the De Lacey family had become an outcast was because of what Felix the son had done. Felix liked a girl and the girl’s father
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