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    with his brother. When he moved he tried to mine that was very unsuccessful, but the he went to Virginia city and worked as a journalist for the company Territorial Enterprise. In 1865 and started to write his first humorous story. "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" His first story gave a lot attention global wide and was even published in Greek and many other countries. Mark earned medals from great rulers and presidents…

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    The Health Benefits of Kayaking While you watch the bows of your kayak glide silently through the water and you gaze at the tranquility that unfolds before you, the fitness benefits that come with the activity may not even cross your mind. After you have enjoyed the scenery, you need to get paddling. The exercise may not burn calories at an overly fast rate but a long day in the waters could help improve your health. Here’s how Facilitates Weight Loss In today’s world, weight loss is a…

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    the line felt more distaste for the queue jumpers as opposed to those in front of the queue jumpers (Milgram et al, 1986). This study demonstrates the social implications that queue jumping can have on an individual and the reason that so much weight has been assigned to the importance of researching queue jumping is because through this human interest, social theories, such as the “Social Identity Theory” have taken place. Social Identity Theory is a theory based on group membership as well…

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    The play and the story of The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County are both very different and similar at the same time. In particular, there are several things that they said in the book that they didn’t perform in the play. Considering this, there were also things that they performed in the play that weren’t mentioned in the story. To begin with, in the story they included the whole outer frame. The outer frame consisted of Simon Wheeler and the narrator talking together. In the play, they just…

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    are better than most and developed and over inflated ego regarding themselves. Twain is a master of exploiting the effects of an enlarged ego in the presence of much more humble. In Twain's "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter", "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "When the Buffalo Climbed a Tree" the elitists inflated egos become deflated in a most exclamatory way, and the lowly commoner actually prevails with a more "elite" character. In the anecdote "Dandy…

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    80% of Americans gamble at least once a year. In 2013, 119 billion dollars were lost due to gambling in just America alone (Azizonomics). In the story “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, by Mark Twain, we learn about a gambler named Jim Smiley. Through an analysis of the character Jim Smiley, we learn about his personality, tendencies, and qualities. We see how he is the most important character despite the fact that we never see the story in his point of view. We are not told…

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    fictional stories that goes into in depth detail. Mark Twain in the story “life on the Mississippi” talked about how the whole town revolved around the ships, and during that he went into great detail how the town was. During Mark Twains story “Notorious Jumping frog of Calaveras County” he gives us a good look on the type of person Jim Smiley was and how big of a gambler he was. While Mark Twain went into detail about his characters Sarah Orin author of “A white heron” goes into great detail…

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    The short-story version of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was very different from the live performance version of it. For example, the characters are different between the two. Furthermore, certain pieces of information in these examples are missing. While the written story is entertaining, I was happier with the performance. If I could, I would go back to ISU and watch the plays again. Speaking of character differences, it is said in the story that Jim Smiley had his own…

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    For many people, being able to relate to a story can be integral in whether or not they have actually enjoyed it; though in more extreme cases, it might be the only criteria necessary for one to enjoy it. Frankly, this is why the realism movement in nearly all media has been so successful. One part of the realism movement that is of relatively central importance, however, deals with American Literature in the late 1800’s; the literary landscape changed after the Civil War out of analysis of the…

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    The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain is a short story that includes a tall tale, a jokester, and a prestigious narrator. Simon Wheeler was a simple, seemingly uneducated man. “I noticed that he was fat and bald-headed” (122). What could a narrator, far superior than he, learn from such from such a simple man? In the search for answers to who is Leonidas W. Smiley, the narrator was brought more useless information than he bargained for. Simon Wheeler was not serious when talking…

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