The Outcast Of Poker Flat Summary

Tim Simson, a man that Oakhurst took money from in gambling, showed up with his fiance Piney at the outcasts’ camp. Oakhurst “won the entire fortune . . . then handed [Tim] his money back” (3). This represents Oakhurst as a hypocrite himself because a gambler’s purpose is typically to earn as much money as possible, and instead he gives the money back. This transaction of money between a good gambler and a careless gambler reveal John Oakhurst’s true identity as a kind, caring man.

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Total Opposites In the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte, the author uses characters in the story that have very similar characteristics, except for one, "Uncle Billy." John Oakhurst is a big time gambler in Poker Flat. He took large sums of money from many people in town. The residents of Poker Flat were very upset with him always winning bets and all of their money. Out of all the people that are banned from Poker Flat, Oakhurst possesses the best qualities out of the group. The people of the town were attempting to clean up Poker Flat, but they really only rid themselves of one thief and three good hearted people that had some bad breaks. The other people that were forced to leave were "The Duchess" and "Mother

Intro - In The Outcasts of Poker Flat, Bret Harte creates John Oakhurst to be morally ambiguous to express that one should not judge others at first glance.

In The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Francis Bret Harte, we see a great deal of foreshadowing. The first time we see Harte’s use of foreshadowing he is portraying the onset of winter. In the first sentence of the story he tells us the date; November 23, 1850. He proceeds to describe the change in the air. The next thing he implies in his story is the group’s impending death. Furthermore the salvation of some of the characters closer to the end when they reach their eternal rest. Harte uses this foreshadowing to help the reader predict the story’s outcome.

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" is a short story by Bret Harte about a western town that has banished a

The story, The Lottery, was about a town which in every year would sacrifice a citizen to keep their harvest at a rich abundance. This town has been doing this since forever, even longer than Old Man Warner who is 87 years old. When someone from the town speaks about other villages quitting this ritual, this upsets him because he's been doing this ritual all his life so he doens't quite understand why anyone would disapprove of it (pg. 31 lines 194-204 in collections book). Mrs.Hutchinson was another character who didn't understand the people. She tried to defend herself from being killed, but no one cared because she and they

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

Instead of going to the pool with Byron and Joetta, Kenny decided to go to the lake. The lake he was going to had a sign that read “No Trespassing”. He thought the sign was just there to keep people off of someones property, even though he knew 7 children had drowned in that lake. Kenny ignored that sign and went swimming in the water. While swimming, something began to drag him under the water. When being dragged under water, he started to believe the legend of the Wool-Pooh that Byron told him about. Supposedly the Wool-Pooh was Winnie the Pooh’s evil twin brother. The Wool-Pooh didn’t really exist, and was only a legend. What was really drowning him was a whirlpool. Luckily, Byron and Joetta saved him from the whirlpool. Later on that week, Joetta went to Sunday school. After she left their grandma’s house, a bomb was dropped at the Sunday school. The whole Watsons family rushed to the church to find Joetta. When Kenny found out about the bombing, he stood there for a few minutes with no

Flat” a man named John Oakhurst, who is a gambler, who is also banished from the town along

In Harte’s short story “The Outcast of Poker Flat”, Harte uses stereotyped characters to relay an important message. In the short story, a few improper people are forced out of the town of Poker Flat. During their journey Harte begins to convey John Oakhurst and Mother Shipton’s true identity. Harte uses John Oakhurst and Mother Shipton as stereotyped characters to get a point across. Harte allows the readers to see that just because people have flaws does not make them a bad person.

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

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