Mason

When I was reading this story, it almost seemed like Fleur was an animal to begin with. The author was describing different characteristics of Fleur that made it seem like she was a creature such as her having sharp hooves and a tail. Then reading more into the story I believed that the people that she was playing cards with were also creatures. I came up with the conclusion that she did have some supernatural powers because in some parts of the story it seemed like she was a real woman like the green dress she was wearing and in other parts of the story she was being decribed as an animal such as her having broad shoulders and her legs being bare, having wide and flat cheeks, and also her braids being thick like animals. This could be the fact that she was an animal. I also think that during the day they are all humans such as Lily and Dutch because of them playing cards, but as soon as nightfall hits, I think that they turn into creatures. When the author said that Lily took her foot long face and scraped her snout, it just seems like at that point that they were two animals that were getting into a fight. (Mason Roessler Post 1)


The way that Fleur plays cards bothers the men in a few ways. Since women didn't usually play cards with men in the first place, it was a bit of a surprise. The men soon found out that Fleur couldn't bluff but that was okay because she still drew in a decent load of money. When they played poker, she would always end up winning exactly a dollar each time. That wasn't what really bothered the men so much. It was the fact that she never had a really good hand like a straight or anything, but somehow she would find a way to win. She never bluffed and won with pairs and would end the game with exactly one dollar. Lily became angry with her and was mostly concerned with her winning anything but a dollar. She didn't want to raise the stakes because she knew it would disrupt her game and that was another reason why playing cards bothered the men. (Mason Roessler Post 1)