Naturalism

Naturalism
In the destiny of Man there is to be misery in life and oblivion in death. Offering no comforting moral truths, religious beliefs became figments of Man’s Imagination. These are some of the ideals of Naturalism. Some traces of Naturalism can be found in a story by Brete Harte called The Outcasts of Poker Flat. In this story Harte uses characters from lower socio-economic classes. There is a Tramp, two prostitutes, a gambler, and two innocent young people that are running away to get married. These characters are overcome by Nature on the mountain. The Tramp, Uncle Billy, is the only survivor because he does not have any good characteristics. The characters that had many good things on their side died because good people don’t always win. Nature has no feelings for the people that are dying on the mountain. This is a Naturalistic ideal because the world and nature are amoral. There is another story with traces of Naturalism in it called To Build a Fire, by Jack Lo...