Project Gutenberg 2005-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 114 Hurston, Zora Neale 1891 1960 Poker! Reading ease score: 92.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Library of Congress, American Memory Project, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Poker!" by Zora Neale Hurston is a one-act play written in the early 20th century. Set in a modest New York setting, this play centers around a group of characters gathered to play poker, revealing themes of gambling, deception, and interpersonal conflict. The dialogue captures the vibrant vernacular and culture of the time, reflecting the dynamics of everyday life among African Americans. The play unfolds in a shabby front room where Nunkie and his friends engage in a tense poker game filled with loud banter and confrontations. As the game intensifies, each character exhibits their unique personalities, with humor and bravado masking underlying tensions. The stakes rise quickly, leading to accusations of cheating and escalating threats, as camaraderie turns to hostility. When weapons are drawn, the atmosphere shifts dramatically, ultimately suggesting a critique of gambling and its consequences, framed within a comedic yet serious exploration of morality and fate. The final moments leave the audience pondering the balance between harmless fun and destructive choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Drama American drama -- Women authors American drama -- African American authors PS Text African American Writers Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 37416 37264 2024-10-07T07:50:50.526897 2023-09-07T08:59:11.708615 text/html text/html 37409 37257 2024-10-07T07:50:50.744916 2023-09-07T08:59:11.834640 text/html text/html 72336 2024-10-07T07:50:54.707884 application/epub+zip 71291 2024-10-07T07:50:52.383899 application/epub+zip 71291 2024-10-07T07:50:51.300906 application/epub+zip 121389 2024-10-07T07:50:56.293384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114231 2024-10-07T07:50:53.950888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95177 2022-09-08T00:18:22.560400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27128 27027 2024-10-07T07:50:50.305900 2023-09-07T08:59:11.575621 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 27018 2020-12-14T12:55:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10060 2020-12-14T12:55:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19633 2024-10-07T07:50:56.420379 application/rdf+xml 8432 2024-10-07T07:50:51.847899 image/jpeg 2397 2024-10-07T07:50:51.573900 image/jpeg 68900 2024-10-07T07:50:50.749905 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia