In literature, a common theme of character’s reactions to danger or tremendous stress is found. Often, a monumental change in character occurs. Two stories that are examples of this are “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” and “The Luck of Roaring Camp”. In both of these cases, the characters change to save another that they have grown to care about. A monumental change is apparent in the characters of the Kentuck from “The Luck of Roaring Camp”, who changed from wanting to get rid of the child to dying to save him, and Mother Shipton from “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”, who was a bitter woman who later starved herself to save Piney. “The Luck of Roaring Camp” begins with a child being born into a military camp. The Kentuck calls the child “The d---d
