Friday, September 24th, 2004

Time	Event
6:46p	Bret Harte This weeks' reading was material by American authors Mark Twain and Bret Harte. I think that we all are pretty much knowledgable on works by Mark Twain but I don't think the majority of us knew of material by Bret Harte. Well, I shouldn't say that, I will say that I at least, haven't ran across any of Bret Harte's written work. Both assigned readings I found to be interesting however I have a soft spot for stories. Bret Harte's 'The Outcast of Poker Flat' was the only story. (Comment on this)
6:48p	Bret Harte cont'd... The story of these outcasts being banished from Poker Flat reminded me of one of the beginning stories taken from the Bible. In Genesis God banishes both Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden because they were disobediant to God. Since Adam and Eve did evil in the sight of God in a place that stood for good they had to be dealt with in a way that God saw fit. I don't know all of God's intentions for doing that but I would think that would be a great way to leave an example for others who read the Bible to learn from. One can't have a place where everything is good and have people do bad in it. That same thing was done in Poker Flat. The people of Poker Flat wanted to leave a great example of what not to do so that Poker Flat would stay a place that maintained a "moral atmosphere." This story was a good one and left me thinking if their was a subliminal message behind Mr. Oakhurst, the gambler dying the way he did. Since Mr. Oakhurst was such a hardcore gambler maybe in a way he was gambling with his life. (1 Comment | Comment on this)

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