What is the moral of "The Luck of Roaring Camp"?

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answer to this question is largely subjective and best left up to individual readers.The reason
for that is because the moral of a story can be loosely defined as the message conveyed by the
story.In other words, it is the lesson learned from a story, but that lesson isn't necessarily
clearly stated by the author; therefore, the moral of a story is very much left up to each
reader.For me, I think a possible moral of this story is that people can change.Roaring camp is
introduced to readers as a morally corrupt and degenerate camp.The arrival of the baby causes
the men of the camp to begin changing toward a more fatherly role for this child.Their behavior
improves, their attitude toward fellow townsfolk improves, and their overall general hygiene
even improves.Knowing that a person is never truly morally "lost" and is capable of
changing is an important lesson in this story.With that said, I also think this story teaches a
darker lesson.The goodness that was...