The Outcast of Poker Flat Bret Harte’s story of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" Is a study in moral contrast‚ faced with calamity. The characters react indifferent and unpredictable. Theirs John Oakhurst who is a gambling man‚ uncle Billy who is a slues robber‚ the duchess tow sisters who sell their body’s‚ and last but not least theirs Mother Shipton a proper English woman. I rank the duchess number one‚ because their the two who start the whole conflict in the story. The duchesses are kicked
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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 they are after somebody"
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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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couldn ’t make out what it was‚ and so it made the 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
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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 town walks the troublemakers to the town limits “[there] were no comments from the spectators‚ nor was there any word [from] the escort” (341). Not long after that “the air [grew] strangely chill and the sky overcast” (343). This sudden change of weather mimics the attitude of the people of Poker Flat. They had
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John Oakhurst is the main 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
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We are gathered here today to honor the life of John Oakhurst of Poker Flat. I knew him very well and I am much obliged to be here today to speak highly of him. John showed many people that even the most unexpected hero can do great things. He was seen as an outcast‚ outcasts usually aren’t seen as heroes around here. John was always open and honest with his words with a no-holds-barred vocabulary‚ but he would always speak with motivation and try to empower others. Good yet daring people like John
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nailed to a tree‚ and gamblers all come from two very different yet similar stories. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain and “The Outcast of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte have similar and different regionalistic qualities. The narrators in the “Notorious Jumping Frog of Calavaras County” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” have different regionalistic qualities. “ In compliance with… garrulous old Simon Wheeler and inquired after… and I hereunto append the result.” (Twain 660)
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Liar’s Poker‚ written by Michael Lewis‚ is a book describing the day to day challenges and life of traders at Salomon Brothers and other such investment banks. The book starts with the description of Liar’s Poker game which is played on the trading floors of Salomon Brothers Inc. The boss‚ John Gutfreund‚ himself challenges the best player in the firm John Merriweather who also happened to be the best trader of the firm. Gutfreund proposed an offer of a single hand of Liar’s Poker worth a million
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‘Outcasts United’ is the story of a refugee soccer team‚ their coach Luma Mufleh‚ and the town they live in‚ Clarkston Georgia. Clarkston‚ once a primarily homogenous white southern town‚ finds itself in the throes of extreme ethnic and cultural diversity after the relocation of thousands of refugees from Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East. Located just outside of Atlanta‚ Clarkston residents were accustomed to things being a certain way. The town motto “small town‚ big heart” came from an old
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