Sam Brunner
Mrs. Lawrence
Composition 11
9 December 2015
Literary Analysis of The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Francis Bret Harte Many people are forced to leave their homes and their hometown. Poker flat lost several thousand dollars, and experiencing lawlessness or you could say it has become ungovernable. A committee has formed to remove any and all improper persons. To restore the town to the former glory and restore the laws and government that was once in the town.
Many of the characters in Harte’s book of The Outcasts of Poker Flat start out as flat, but they develop slowly throughout this short story into round characters. By the end of this story most if not all the characters are complex characters no longer flat or simple characters. …show more content…
What is the author trying to express through his words? This is one of the most important questions a reader must answer to fully understand what the author is trying to reveal to the reader. The plot of the Outcasts of Poker Flat is very revealing. It captured the audience’s attention and dragged them into the story.
Most of the characters transform and are totally different by the end of this excitable short story. I say most because Mr. Oakhurst and Uncle Billy stay the same throughout the story, but Uncle billy does not stay around to the end. He leaves the group and steals the cattle while under the influence of whiskey. Mr. Oakhurst mainly stays the same because he is the main character and also a static character as well.
At the beginning of this story “The Duchess” just seems like a melodramatic woman, but by the end of the story she is a loving, caring role model for Piney. Piney arrived in the story with a man named Tom Simpson also known as The Innocent. Tom Simpson and Piney met each other and was heading to Poker Flat and needed somewhere to camp. They came across Mr. Oakhurst and the rest of the exiles. So they camped and then traveled farther into the …show more content…
The Duchess and Piney lay together on the floor of the cabin in peace. Not saying a word for hours. They lay there while the last embers on the fire go out. They slept that day and the next as well. They stayed this way until help arrived wiping the snow of their faces. Their faces expressed serenity with their arms around each other.
Francis Bret Harte was born on August 25, 1836, in Albany New York, and died May 5, 1902 in London. Harte’s family arrived in New York and also in Brooklyn in the year 1845. He did not have a good education, but did develop a love for books. He left for California gaining knowledge of camp life. He was employed at the Northern Californian a newspaper. He supported Indians and Mexicans which proved to be unpopular. So as a result he left town.
He moved to San Francisco and got married and also started writing for the Golden Era. The Golden Era was privileged to publish his first of considered novels. After that job he became a clerk in the U.S. branch mint, a job that provided freedom for editorship of the Californian, where he contacted Mark Twain to write weekly articles. In the year 1868 after Harte published a series of Spanish Legends he was named editor of the Overland Monthly. For it he wrote “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker
Mrs. Lawrence
Composition 11
9 December 2015
Literary Analysis of The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Francis Bret Harte Many people are forced to leave their homes and their hometown. Poker flat lost several thousand dollars, and experiencing lawlessness or you could say it has become ungovernable. A committee has formed to remove any and all improper persons. To restore the town to the former glory and restore the laws and government that was once in the town.
Many of the characters in Harte’s book of The Outcasts of Poker Flat start out as flat, but they develop slowly throughout this short story into round characters. By the end of this story most if not all the characters are complex characters no longer flat or simple characters. …show more content…
What is the author trying to express through his words? This is one of the most important questions a reader must answer to fully understand what the author is trying to reveal to the reader. The plot of the Outcasts of Poker Flat is very revealing. It captured the audience’s attention and dragged them into the story.
Most of the characters transform and are totally different by the end of this excitable short story. I say most because Mr. Oakhurst and Uncle Billy stay the same throughout the story, but Uncle billy does not stay around to the end. He leaves the group and steals the cattle while under the influence of whiskey. Mr. Oakhurst mainly stays the same because he is the main character and also a static character as well.
At the beginning of this story “The Duchess” just seems like a melodramatic woman, but by the end of the story she is a loving, caring role model for Piney. Piney arrived in the story with a man named Tom Simpson also known as The Innocent. Tom Simpson and Piney met each other and was heading to Poker Flat and needed somewhere to camp. They came across Mr. Oakhurst and the rest of the exiles. So they camped and then traveled farther into the …show more content…
The Duchess and Piney lay together on the floor of the cabin in peace. Not saying a word for hours. They lay there while the last embers on the fire go out. They slept that day and the next as well. They stayed this way until help arrived wiping the snow of their faces. Their faces expressed serenity with their arms around each other.
Francis Bret Harte was born on August 25, 1836, in Albany New York, and died May 5, 1902 in London. Harte’s family arrived in New York and also in Brooklyn in the year 1845. He did not have a good education, but did develop a love for books. He left for California gaining knowledge of camp life. He was employed at the Northern Californian a newspaper. He supported Indians and Mexicans which proved to be unpopular. So as a result he left town.
He moved to San Francisco and got married and also started writing for the Golden Era. The Golden Era was privileged to publish his first of considered novels. After that job he became a clerk in the U.S. branch mint, a job that provided freedom for editorship of the Californian, where he contacted Mark Twain to write weekly articles. In the year 1868 after Harte published a series of Spanish Legends he was named editor of the Overland Monthly. For it he wrote “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker