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“Good people bring out the good in other people.” Personally, I believe that truer words could never be said. This quote applies to every single aspect of life, because there are always people around us to make it true. And those in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”, a short narrative by Bret Harte, are no exception to this form of natural law. In fact, the main idea of this exemplum was that even people who have done bad things can still have a little bit of hidden goodness inside of them,…

delving into the short stories of Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and Charles Chestnut the different forms of humor will be made clear. In Bret Harte’s short story, The Outcasts of Poker Flats the humor is subtle and ironic as the story progresses. The irony of The Outcasts of Poker Flats is first seen in the name of the town Poker Flats and the main characters who are thrown out of the town at the beginning of the story. At the beginning of the story, we are introduced to the main character, John…

A Morally Ambiguous Character in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” Bret Harte introduces a morally ambiguous character. In this story, a group of improper people is exiled from Poker Flat, and they face several difficult situations. Mr. Oakhurst, one of the exiles, steps up and acts as a leader. Throughout the story, Mr. Oakhurst portrays good characteristics despite the fact that he is exiled for being a gambler, which helps convey the idea that everyone has…

Perfect Your Poker Face When you’re trying to make a great first impression, you want to make sure you are giving off great body language. Mastering the art of body language is very useful in both social and business interactions. It’s great if you want to be a professional actor, nail a job interview or give good vibes on a first date. Yep, body language is great…except when it comes to the game of poker. In fact, showing how you feel is pretty much the worst thing you can do in this game.…

The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an epitome of the realism genre, this story has a very plain, desolate setting, but it follows up with very complex characters. Also, this story and their characters can be connected to what society is today. This story also focuses on regionalism because it is focusing on one specific region of the world. With the fact that there are complex characters and a plain setting you are able to connect it to the time period of today because of the similarities that are…

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Poker Chips Rick Lavoie presented an interesting and compelling comparison between poker chips and self-esteem. Within his commentary he noted how easily it is for parents, teachers, and classmates to remove poker chips, which equal self-esteem, from young people. It was an insightful video and put tangible representations to the exchange that happens with the children in our lives and the self-esteem we either help build or help destroy. One way that we do this is by reinforcements. As…

similarities, celebrate our differences” (M. Scott Peck). The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain and The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte have similarities and differences using regionalistic qualities in the setting, characters, and the narrator. The settings in The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and The Outcasts of Poker Flat have many differences. In The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, there is very little said about the setting. However, the…

The short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” is one major journey, not physically, but mentally for the characters. Though the story ends in tragedy, most of the characters go through major mental changes before their untimely deaths. Most of these changes were good changes, though some of them were negative such as Oakhurst becoming weak and Piney turning her back on her religion. However Piney becoming stronger and Oakhurst showing the extent of his compassion were major changes that proved to…

1. This analogy compares Wall Street to a war zone. While the game “Liar’s Poker” gives a person the feel of trading so does jousting give someone the feel for war. Although a game and jousting aren’t as extreme as the reality of trading and war it still helps to mirror the idea of each. The prevailing point of Lewis’s story 2. Since most people are familiar with the environment of the work place Lewis is describing the imagery and description he uses is key. He uses a piece of very vivid…