Discuss the theme of “The Real Thing,” The theme of the story the “The Real Thing,” is that the somethings might not seem as what whey appear on the outside as in the side. In other words sometimes the truth can hurt. The story talks about how an artist hires couple of actors who can portray the role of what english people really look like, however, the women who is least suited for the role is the one that best plays it. Which makes the artist think how unreal this english role is, and at the end the artist does pay the “actors,” but at the end no one truly knows what happen to the people if they starve or just flutter away. It is unknown sometimes like the truth. 2. Compare the characters in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" to those in "The Real Thing." What societal influences make them superficially different? Are they really different? The story “Outcast of Poker Flat,” the characters are very different from the ones in “The Real Thing,” however, as different as they might be they do share many common traits with each other. John Oakhurst can be compared to the artist because he just wants to help. The Duchess and Mother Shipton have similar traits at the Monarch “actors” they play an important part in society, but no the most important. …show more content…
When I read this I wanted to do more research, and I came across an article where spoilers would take over the land where the Native land was and start building, but what I found was they built a school and the army general was the teacher and he said “kill the Indian, and save the Man,” I was really mad because there was nothing these people could do. I found part of the article “http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4929/." This article is really interesting because it I 've glimpse of history and the destruction and influence man have done to other