The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

literary device is irony. Irony occurs when what a reader expects to happen is the complete opposite of the actual outcome. Irony helps illustrate humor especially in the works “Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. “Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a framed narrative that tells the tale of Jim Smiley who is really good at winning bets; More rather, he is good at manipulating the game to win bets. In the end of…

“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain, is about an old man named Simon Wheeler telling a story to Mark Twain about a man named Jim Smiley. Jim Smiley was a curious man who sought out to bet on anything from dog-fighting to betting on who could get from point A to B the fastest. Jim was a man that tried to get people to bet him and that’s what leads him to finding and training a frog to be the best jumper in the county. When he finds a stranger who is willing to bet…

COMPLICATED, yet eloquent. Breath-taking, yet unique. This is how I describe Super- Frog Saves Tokyo, a peculiar story which was written by Murakami Haruki and was translated by Jay Rubin. In connection with this, this story of Murakami proves his different and astonishing style of writing fiction stories. Moreover, this fiction story of him proves his expertise in depicting imaginary people in imaginary situation. On the other hand, there are hardworking people who are not acknowledged. There…

tactics against himself and he finally loses. To begin with, the story “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” written by Mark Twain is about how Simon Wheeler tells the narrator the amusing story of Jim Smiley and his trained frog. A notorious gambler, Jim was startled one day when a stranger fed his frog lead and made Jim lose the bet. In the tall tale “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain, it uses caricatures or comic characters, and hyperbole to convey the…

The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain has definitely been one of my favorite short stories that I’ve read. The story was well put-together, let alone the humor that was added provided a great role in the plot. The play on the other hand really sealed the deal for me. I loved how the actors developed the story to an attention-keeping performance that had me giggling inside. Although the play and the story were very similar, there are some very distinct differences. When I think of…

Mark Twain is regarded as one of the best writers of American Literature, but what many do not note are the misfortunes he encountered throughout his boyhood. Twain, renowned for his novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, had a very difficult childhood, having arisen from the means of poverty to a national figure. Twain dealt with grief and everyday crisis, and eventually adopted a comical approach on society. Twain and his works were part of the 1800s literary…

I think the plays and books, The Telltale Heart, The Raven, The Monkeys Paw, and The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County, were all great stories. They have their similarities, and, of course, their differences. This essay was made to tell you how they are similar, and different. The first thing that I noticed was different is that in the play there was more suspense, the voices would get louder, the actors conveyed their part perfectly. When I read the story I didn't think it was that…

I like the play version because it made it sound less boring than the book. In the play they had the frogs act humorous and jump around in a funny way, but in the book it didn't say anything about the frogs doing funny stuff. Also they made Smiley look like he was more of a humorous person also. In the book I thought he was just a normal person who bet on…

Truth, Sojourner. “Aint I a Woman?” Internet History Sourcebooks, sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/sojtruth-woman.asp. An exceptional work by a woman at the time, Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech reveals the flaw and harsh treatment of American society towards slaves and a woman. Her speech contrasts the ideals how a woman should be treated in society and how she, herself, is treated. She claims herself to be treated like a man, ploughing, planting and even being beat up, but does not…

1865 and it was named “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. The story had a great success, and still the readers all over the world love it. The plot of the story is simple and looks like an anecdote, told by the barmen Simon Wheeler. The narrator was looking for Leonidas W. Smiley, who may or may not have stayed in the mining camp where barman worked. Still, Wheeler had remembered only Jim Smiley and decided to tell the story about the latter and his frog. The story was charming,…