Outcasts Of Poker Flat Characters

Questions with "the outcasts of poker flat"? 1. With what diversions does the group amuse itself? In what sense does the group appear to have become a family?

2. How would you characterize Oakhurst? In what sense is he "the strongest and yet the weakest of the outcasts of Poker Flat"?

3. Which of the characters and situations in the story are recongnizable stereotypes that appear in modern fictions, movies, or tv shows about the West?

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Out of all the characters in The Outcast Of Poker Flat by Bret Harte which ones would you say are stereotyped? and what types of people do they represent

j p replied: "Okay, all the time you spent asking this question over and over could have been spending asking this same question could have been spent reading the story. Honestly, Harte has an easy to understand writing style and the question is very simple. Just read it. You'll still have time for Hannah Montana later."


Characters in "The Outcasts of Poker Flats"? Who are the main characters besides John Oakhurst and a description of each

lab replied: "Two woman:
the Duchess-a prostitute.
Mother Shipton- she's supposedly a witch.
Uncle Billy-a drunkard and suspected robber
runaway lovers Piney Woods and Tom Simson
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Please help me understand The Outcasts of Poker Flat!!? How did the characters change from before they left Poker Flat until after they left???

charlie replied: "there is a premium study guide here


and a short article here


which should help you"


In the story Outcasts Of Poker Flat by Bret Harte? Identify the stock characters in the story and the types of people they represent

Nehal replied: "lmfao is this for ms cardounell?"


the outcasts of poker flat...can anyone give me a summary of this story? point of view?
kinds of endings?
kinds of characters?
and the setting too?

thanks...if you don't know all that stuff...just a summary will help

DEE J replied: "The story takes place in a California community known as Poker Flat, near the town of La Porte. In November 1850, four "immoral" characters are exiled as part of the "cleansing" of bad elements by the townspeople: professional gambler John Oakhurst, two women, "The Duchess" (a prostitute) and "Mother Shipton" (a brothel owner), and Uncle Billy, a drunkard and suspected robber. They set out for a less-respectable camp a hard day's journey away over a mountain range, but despite Oakhurst's protests, the rest of the party decides to stop for a rest at noon, only halfway to their goal.

They meet runaway lovers on their way to Poker Flat to get married, fifteen-year-old Piney Woods and Tom Simson, or the Innocent, a younger man who admires Oakhurst. Tom leads them to a half-built cabin he discovered. They spend the night there. However, Oakhurst awakens to find a heavy snow storm raging and that Uncle Billy has stolen their mules. The party wait out the storm with few provisions.

After a week, Mother Shipton dies, having secretly saved her share of the food for Piney. Oakhurst advises Simson that he will have to go for help. The gambler tells the others he will accompany the lad part of the way.

The "law of Poker Flat" arrives at the cabin, only to find the Duchess and Piney dead, embracing in a peaceful repose. They both seemed so peaceful and innocent that one could not tell which was the virgin and which the lady of the evening. Oakhurst is found dead beneath a tree, with a pistol at his side and a bullet in his heart, having committed suicide. Simson's fate is not stated."


The Outcast Of Poker Flat by Bret Harte? Identify stereotyped characters and the types of people they represent in the story above

j p replied: "It's so short. Can you not just read it?"