The Notorious Jumping Frog Analysis

Words: 365
Pages: 2
Open Document
In Mark Twain’s story, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” there is a competition between a stranger and Jim Smiley. Smiley was always ready to place a bet and he most always came out the winner. He was lucky, “uncommon lucky” according to the narrator. The foreigner came into town and Smiley, as usual, wanted to put up a bet against him. Smiley bet that his frog, Dan’l, could outjump any frog in Calaveras County.
The foreigner did not have a frog so Smiley went to find one for him so he could win like usual. While Smiley was getting the frog, without Smiley’s knowledge, the foreigner filled Dan’l with quail shot. So, Smiley’s frog could not jump and he lost the bet. After the competition, the foreigner left with his money; Smiley
Show More

Related Documents: The Notorious Jumping Frog Analysis

The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras Analysis

steamboats on the Mississippi River where the story takes place: “the crew are grouped on the forecastle; the broad stage is run far out over the port bow.” Dialect, a way of speaking which is specific to a certain region, is used in Twain’s The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Twain spells the words phonetically with sentences like this: “There couldn’t be no solit’ry thing mentioned but that feller’d offer to bet on it, and take ary side you please.” The dialogue between the characters is influenced…

Words 718 - Pages 3

Analytical paper 1

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Jonathan Coggin Date: November 10, 2014 Professor Morgan ENG 202: American Literature II Fall B 2014 Thesis Statement and Outline-Analytical Paper 1 “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country” Thesis: Twain’s purpose for writing this story was to relay a lesson that people are equal and the winner is not always the civilized and educated one. And Twain seems to imply that all his readers agree with him about gambling. Critical…

Words 1290 - Pages 6

American Lit Essay

story in 1865 originally titled “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. In Twain’s short story he plays around with the narration by using low diction due to the narrator’s southern style of speech. Not only is Twain’s dialogue and narration intriguing to his readers but also his use of rhetorical strategies such as symbolism, allegory, and dramatic irony grabs his audience’s attention and can cause them to reflect on the unique story. Twain uses frogs to symbolize money and greed because…

Words 980 - Pages 4