The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras Analysis

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The Art Form of Regionalism
Cutting off a portion of a finger every time a relative dies is normal for persons belonging to the Dani Tribe in Papua, New Guinea. This is practiced “to both gratify and drive away the spirits, while also providing a way to use physical pain as an expression of sorrow and suffering” (Lichtefeld). There are many customs found in cultures around the world that would be considered appalling to an outsider. It depends on the location. The sense of place is a great tool used by photographers, authors, painters, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists to benefit their work. American authors, in particular, use regional details to make events and themes come to life in a narrative by influencing the character’s …show more content…
Technical terms are used when someone is talking about a topic he or she is an expert. For example, in Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain shows that the people of this town know a lot about 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 by the setting which makes the events in a narrative feel …show more content…
Throughout the narrative A White Heron, Jewett uses vivid imagery that helps the reader imagine life in rural Maine. When Sylvia reaches the top of the tree, Jewett paints a breath-taking picture: “The birds sang louder and louder. At last the sun came up bewilderingly bright. Sylvia could see the white sails on the ships at sea, and the clouds that were purple and rose-colored and yellow at first began to fade away.” Furthermore, Twain’s Life on the Mississippi describes the Mississippi River as “the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide a long, shining in the sun; the dense forest away on the other side.” The narrative takes place in a setting where the kids of the town adore the river, which is clearly shown by the way Twain describes
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