Every single person has judged another person at least once in their life,which isn’t very ethical but everyone does it.In the “Outcasts of Poker Flats,” Bret Harte writes about four people who were kicked out of the town of Poker Flat by being unfairly judged.Harte uses character development,deception,and plot to signify that you never truly know a person until you put in the effort to do so,and you can’t go off of rumors,what someone else believes,or what you think. Harte relies upon character development in order to express that one element in a person's life should not symbolize who that person is without getting to truly understand the person and their decisions.Just as Mother Shipton changed herself throughout the story in the beginning of the story Mother Shipton was furious and not so nice. “He listened calmly to Mother Shipton’s desire to cut somebody’s heart out…” (Harte 2) and towards the end of the story she sacrificed herself for somebody else. “... It contained Mother Shipton's rations for the last week, untouched.” Give ‘em to the child,” she said, pointing to the sleeping Piney “ (Harte 6) …show more content…
Oakhurst, The Dutchess,and Mother Shipton. The people of the town judged these people based on their jobs and stuff they believe or a rumor. “A secret committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons” (Harte 1). The people of this town believed getting rid of people deemed bad would make them and the town better but it made them look worse.The only person who truly deserved to be kicked out of town was Uncle Billy he never changed and he could have he could have been a good person but robbed people and a