The Outcasts of Poker Flat
What is the plot step by step in Outcasts of Poker Flats
Exposition, Rising Actions, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Exposition, Rising Actions, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Exposition - Poker Flat is declining in its morals. The people want to get rid of the bad influences.
Rising Action - People are exiled from the town , stop to rest in the woods, and hide in a cabin after meeting two fleeing lovers.
Climax - Uncle Billy steals the mules and horses. The others are stranded in a horrible snow storm.
Falling Action - the characters make different decisions about how they will end their lives.
Resolution - the sheriff comes and finds the body of the Duchess and Piney in a restful embrace, dead. John Oakhurst has committed suicide. As it turns out, all of the "bad influences" were good except for Uncle Billy and did not deserve to be exiled.