Bill Burr: Outcast Analysis

Bernard Goldberg is a 72 year old American journalist, author, and political commentator. In the early 1970s, Goldberg worked as a producer and reporter for CBS news. In 2001, Goldberg released his first book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, which became the number one New York Times bestseller. In addition to Bias, he has also written four other books- Arrogance, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right, and A slobbering Love Affair. Goldberg’s outstanding journalism has earned him the title as the winner of fourteen Emmy Awards.

Despite having contrasting personalities, both confront the stereotypes pushed upon them, consequently maturing and forming their distinct sense of self. In a passage from chapter 2 (p. 21-29) of Exit West, Mohsin Hamid develops the character of Nadia by contrasting her with her surroundings; this contrast highlights her independent and free spirit as well as confronting how religion, a stifling society, and loss manifest into one’s identity.

This means that you only have a certain amount of time to tell a cohesive story. Basically, by the end of the episode, you need to have drawn some sort of conclusion from your original subject. This narrative is as important as chapters are to the organization of a book. To make the narrative have flow effectively, you need to link quotes from interviews together with narration. Transitions between concepts can be done most effectively via well written narration or background music. The narration is most efficient if it either summarize or adds insight to ideas, and the music is most effective if it sets the emotional tone of the upcoming discussion. Both the interviews, like the narrative, must progress the story. For example, in the “This American Life” episode “Switched at Birth”, the podcast first discusses the experiences of the two women who were switched at birth, and then the experiences of the mothers whose daughters were switched. The interviews built on each other. The audience doesn’t want to learn about the experiences of auxiliary characters before hearing from the protagonist; it just doesn’t doesn’t logically

A terrible experience during the eighth grade has caused me to become prejudiced against Koreans, and believed that they were the most avaricious race of people. Since then this has prompted me to develop a negative notion towards them. During my middle school years, my parents would give my brother and I lunch money for school on a daily basis. Every day after class, we would have to walk to our house which was quite distant from our school. One day, we decided to stop by a store on our way home because we were dying of thirst. After we selected one drink that we agreed to share and went to the counter, we realized that we were short five cents. The store owner told us that we could not purchase the drink unless we had the exact amount of

The Story “The Outcast of Poker Flat” written by Brett Harte, is a story in which was set in the 1800’s where technology was unrecognized. The insertion of one piece of modern technology consequently would have changed the story in dramatic ways. Nevertheless the story of four troublemakers in which were banned from the town of Poker Flat due to their bad habits. Mother Shipton who was a madam along with her Duchess were banned for being moderate, a thief and a gambler joined the women later on. The group of troublemakers decided to sleep in a cabin by the mountains overnight, following next morning they wake up to find Billy, consequently known for being a thief, stole their horses as well as a majority of the group's supplies. Billy before long ends up dying along with the horses as they were trapped in the blizzard. Mother Shipton, the Dutchess, along with Tom Simson, and Piney Woods, joined them in the cabin while they were stuck to weather the blizzard.

Additionally, another stereotype that is commonly placed around the black race is the greed for sexual pleasure, also known as a Mandingo. Magoon vividly portrays this stereotype in Reverend Sloan. Being one who holds the title Reverend, would imply that they attempt to live life as God like as possible. Ironically, he is the exact opposite. Through his interactions with women, it is quite obvious that Reverend Sloan has a history of affairs. When Kimberly mentions her interactions with Reverend Sloan she regretfully states: “I can’t believe I kissed the Reverend Alabaster Sloan. I watch him on TV again, incredulous. It was reckless and impulsive. Two things that I definitely am not. I am neat and organized, every hair in place” (). By Reverend

A writing that I enjoyed was “Just Participate!”, an interview with Billy Cordasco about the Babbitt Ranches he worked on. This piece caught my attention due to its cowboy nature, divulging the methods and tricks of the trade when it comes to farming cattle.

Choosing somewhere to live is hard. First, the price of the house has to be right. Then, seeing who is going to be living directly to the left or right of the house purchased. Would anyone want a neighbor who tries to take all of the money in the area, simply so they could be happy and rich? Mr. Oakhurst and Tom Walker are both people nobody would want to live next to for that exact reason. In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by the author, Bret Harte a small group of people get kicked out of their town because of mistakes they have made. They are all accused of different crimes such as gambling, robbing, and prostitution. On the way to a place called Poker Flat, they face many challenges and get stuck in a freezing cabin in the woods. In the end, only one of the characters make it to Poker Flat alive. In “The Devil and Tom Walker” by author Washington Irving a man named Tom makes a deal with the Devil so he can live in wealth rather than in poverty. The Devil gives Tom the job of being a usurer so he can trick people into giving him their money so he can be wealthy. As Tom grows old he regrets his decision and wants to be forgiven but the Devil comes for him and takes him away. Mr. Oakhurst, a character in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” and Tom Walker

The film follows two African-American FBI agents/brothers who are tasked to go undercover in the Hamptons. Kevin and Marcus Copeland (played by Shawn and Marlon Wayans) have fallen short in their previous FBI assignments and have now been assigned to ensure the protection of heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson from a possible kidnapping. The two agents escort the girls to the Hamptons, but face some trouble along the way. In the car on the way there, the group gets into a fender bender leaving both Brittany and Tiffany with bumps and bruises. The two girls now refuse to be seen in the Hampton’s social scene with cuts on their faces, but Shawn and Marlon agree they cannot show face at the FBI headquarters having failed yet again. Therefore, Shawn and Marlon

A powerful tool can be found in technology, and it may not seem this way today in modern times. If technology today was obtained by any in later periods of time it would create a God whoever controlled it. If one piece of tech was to be acquired by any of the stories I would use the story Outcasts of Poker Flats. Consequently, after being stranded in a snowstorm they were in need in food and a way that the food would not spoil.

Harvard’s Professor of Business Administration, Shoshana Zuboff, has remarked, “Technology makes the world a new place.” This statement not only applies to our ever-changing technology, but also for older technology that was developed in the past. The Outcasts of Poker Flat is a short story that is set back in olden times when there was not much technology developed, or at least technology in the sense that we think of it today. Today, we categorize modern technology as smartphones, computers, the Internet, and other things that require electricity. However, in the times of The Outcasts of Poker Flat, the modern technology consisted of the telegraph, repeating rifle, and oil pipelines to transfer oil easily. There was such a meager amount

In his short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” Bret Harte uses prostitutes, robbers, and gamblers as an analogy to discourage the settlers of San Francisco from thinking that they are any better than the Wiot Indians. In reality the settlers and the Indians are all sinners, so for the settlers to persecute the Indians is hypocritical. Harte also uses the eponymous, Mr. John Oakhurst, to discuss the idea that fate is inevitable, but people who change their actions can change their outlook of fate. Harte uses Mr. Oakhurst's gambling thoughts and terms to provide the reader with an understanding of his outlook on fate. The first time we see Mr. Oakhurst's thoughts on fate is when Harte writes that Mr. Oakhurst “was too much of gambler not

Being black and unemployed is one of the phenomena that continues to be observed. When it comes to the social environment, most blacks tend to be less educated than others, jobless or lack the social intelligence to obtain the skills for employment. Blacks continue to be viewed as incompetent and non-compatible to the job market. “The United States is comfortable with stereotypes. Indeed, we revel in them. Stereotypes serve as a useful function: they help reduce complexity, nuances and dilemmas of life to manageable proportions” (2008). When it comes to applying for a job online, you have to take a quiz or an assessment test. It also requires you to answer your ethnicity and your disability. Therefore, you are discriminated against before the

Michael Gerson does a very good job of organizing his column and expressing clear thoughts.

American History X is a great film that portrays prejudice, stereotyping and conformity. Prejudice is negative attitudes toward others based on their gender, religion, race, or membership in a particular group. Prejudice involves beliefs and emotions that can turn into hatred. Having an opinion or idea about a member of a group without really knowing that individual is a part of prejudice. Some people make judgments about a whole group of people without knowing very much about them. Sometimes people are afraid of those who seem different from them and unfortunately, they express that with name-calling and negative treatment. When people grow up with these ideas, sometimes it's hard to get rid of them. Like in the