Sunday, February 6, 2011

Tuesday February 8 The Outcasts of Poker Flats



In class writing on The Outcasts of Poker Flat

What inferences about the attitudes and customs of the people of Poker Flat can you make from the following passages? Write one paragraph that reflects both.
a. A few of the committee had urged hanging him as a possible example, and a sure method of reimbursing themselves from his pocket of the sums he had won from them."
b. " 'It's a fine justice,' said Jim Wheeler, 'to let this yer young man-an entire stranger-carry away our money.' "


Write a second paragraph on the following:
Though the characters in this story have little in common, they band together in support of one another. What draws these people together? (Make sure to use details: names, ages, occupations, and vividness of the setting.) Now look deeper. What type of situations tend to draw people together in real life? Why?

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