"Poker Flat"

in the story of "Poker Flat" the town has become pious and has either kicked out those they feel lacking in morals or they hand from a tree just outside of town. the main outcast in the story are Oakhurst, the Duchess and Mother Shipton who are banished and eventually meet up with a young couple. the outcast in the story try their best to act moral for the couple who don't know sin or evil and eventually at the end of the story sadly everyone dies but Innocent and Uncle Billy. from the story we learn that people are free to choose how they want to act and how just because some is lacking in morals doesn't make them bad people. Oakhurst was the best gambler in town and never lost a card game but he was kind in the fact that he sang hymns for the couple and how we gathered firewood for the rest of the survivors and at the end shot himself to give the others a better chance. Duchess being a prostitute in Poker Flat tried to keep everyone spirits up by singing and comforting the others. Mother shipton who we don't know much about her since starved herself to give the others more food as to survive. this story shows that just because one part takes in less than descent acts doesn't entirely make them evil or lesser than anyone else.