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The meaning of "Uncle Billy" is someone with a distant or lonely person who doesn't like interacting with other people. The purpose of Uncle Billy is how his actions and personality will cause him to be an outcast of Poker Flat and be exiled from there.

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Uncle Billy is known to be a drunk and he is also suspected as a thief that was suspected of stealing gold from others. This is a negative attribute.

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The other people in Poker Flat see Uncle Billy as a drunk and a thief with no sense of loyalty. The other members of the outcast see him as untrustworthy and lazy and have no respect because he steals from other people.

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He is exiled from Poker Flat because he is believed to be a thief and stole gold from other people. The Secret Committee makes this decision since they are trying to get rid of the evil in their town and they believe that Uncle Billy is part of that group. Uncle Billy didn't want to leave Poker Flat since it can benefit him if he stayed.

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Uncle Billy ends up stealing mules and resources from the other members and become rich. Harte wanted to display how Uncle Billy is selfish and very untrustworthy person and that his actions were very negative and selfishness.

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Uncle Billy is represented as a person of selfishness and greed because of his selfish actions of taking the mules and resources and how he wanted that to become rich and only care about himself.