The Outcasts of Poker Flat
What is the extended metaphor of poker in the story?
why is this fitting?
why is this fitting?
"With him life was at best an uncertain game." (Metaphor)
In Oakhurst's eyes, life looks much like a game of poker. Here, the narrator explicitly compares the two, invoking the themes of luck, chance, and fate that dominate the story.
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