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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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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The short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story about a man traveling along the Yukon River in the bitter winter weather. While warned against traveling alone in the frigid cold‚ he travels out to meet his companions at a remote camp many miles away‚ with only his native Husky dog. Overcome by mother nature‚ he eventually dies along the way‚ leaving his dog to complete the journey alone. This story displays how the forces of nature can surprisingly overwhelm even the most confident
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with dignity and integrity‚ and he wove these elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own firsthand at sea‚ or in Alaska‚ or in the fields and factories in California.” In 1908‚ Jack London composed a short story‚ “To Build a Fire” about a man attempting to survive in his quest along the Yukon River against hazardous weather conditions. Throughout the London’s description‚ it is expressed how the man chooses to ignore the evidence of danger‚ such as the cold weather
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“To Build a Fire” Essay Humanity is just a part of nature; if it ceased to exist everything would go on as if it never did exist. Nature’s uncaring for humanity is displayed in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” with the man and nature not doing anything to help him survive. This is shown in “To Build a Fire” when the man fell in the ice‚ tried to start a fire for the second time‚ and when he freezes to death. Nature did not help the man when he fell in the ice‚ it simply did not freeze the water
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In “To Build a Fire” by Jack London the man and the dog start off as traveling friends‚ but then they realize they have different perspectives on survival techniques. Whereas the dog knows it is way too cold to be on a hike‚ the man takes it as a little adventure. Even though the man thought he was prepared to hike at these blistering temperatures‚ he found out he was not as prepared as he thought he was. The man tries to defeat Mother Nature but finds out the hard way he is just not prepared enough
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How does "To Build a Fire" illustrate the elements of naturalistic literature? Paragraph 1: Introduction--what is Naturalism? brief overview of short story‚ thesis statement (connection between Naturalism and story) Paragraph 2: State the first element of Naturalism as outlined in web inquiry: Characters whose attempts to control their own lives are usually thwarted by outside forces. Give a few examples of how the character in To Build a Fire fits this description. Paragraph 3: Second
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Midterm Expository Essay; "To Build a Fire" The powerful story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ is about the struggles ’the man’ faces with nature. The man is supposed to be an average person‚ and although some people may hesitate they are as ignorant and arrogant as the man‚ many people do not understand the power of nature. The story is about the man traveling into the woods‚ armed with technology‚ but he just doesn’t understand how truely powerful nature can be to his survival. Nature has
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