Morality Among the Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte

Brett Hart's poker wanderer as a gambler, John Oakhurst's morality, entered the main street of the poker apartment on the morning of 23rd November 1850, and that he changed his moral atmosphere I noticed. Last night two or three people seriously discussed and stopped as he approached and exchanged important gazes. There is a Sabbath in the air that looks ominous in a village that does not follow the influence of the Sabbath. Mr. Oakhurst's gentle and handsome face betrayed the small problem of these signs.

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1869) is a short story written by a famous writer of West Brett Hart. "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" was first announced in Overland Monthly in January 1869 as an example of naturalism and regional colors in California in the first half of the 19th century. This is one of two short stories that gathered the attention of the author nationwide. The story takes place in a community called California's Poker Flat near LaPorte. In many people's opinion, the poker platform is down the slope. The town lost thousands of dollars and experienced a moral decline. A secret society was established to determine exiles and murderers to preserve the rest of the town and rebuild it to a "benign" place. On November 23, 1850, four "immoral" people were exiled from the poker flats. The first one is a professional poker player, John Oakhurst.

BRET HARTE (1869), first published in Overland Monthly in Overland Monthly, is closely related to the accompanying story "The Luck Camp's Luck" introduced in 1868 I will. In the western part of eastern United States, rough violent, uninhabited inhabitants. The story of BRET H ARTE is romantic, it is stereotypical in the gold mining camp and has a persistent view on the west side. Even today, movies and books are integrated into the type of his wild western role - gambler who is working hard, an avid prostitute, an unexpected drunkenness, and a personal interest-oriented police committee, and now Enthusiasm.

Facts about companions of American short story document, 2nd edition (literary series companion)

In the story of Bret Harte's "Outcast of Poker Flat", four dark characters were exiled from the town of Poker Flats. The main character, John Oakhurst, is a gamblers. Because the town has experienced some robbery, the town thinks I can give examples for those they can not trust. "This is justice," said Jim Wheeler, "They want to hang up Oakhurst:" Because some local residents of the poker apartment were lucky enough to win the gamble, oak I decided not to kill Hurst.