Rev Smiley

Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story with the lesson that what goes around comes around. In this short story, which first appeared in 1856 and his first successful story, Twain uses local customs of the time, dialect, and examples of social status in his story to create a realistic view of the region in which the story takes place. The way that the characters behave is very distinctive. Dialect is also used to give the reader a convincing impression of the setting in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". The social status of the main characters in this story also was something that

Tim Simson, a man that Oakhurst took money from in gambling, showed up with his fiance Piney at the outcasts’ camp. Oakhurst “won the entire fortune . . . then handed [Tim] his money back” (3). This represents Oakhurst as a hypocrite himself because a gambler’s purpose is typically to earn as much money as possible, and instead he gives the money back. This transaction of money between a good gambler and a careless gambler reveal John Oakhurst’s true identity as a kind, caring man.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a satire written by Mark Twain. The novel is based on the series of adventures that the protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, and his companion a runaway slave named Jim go on. In the novel, the protagonist, Huck Finn's mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires.

One of the examples of Twain’s exaggeration is when Wheeler describes Smiley. He says that he would bet on anything, if he bet on how far a bug would go, he would follow that bug to Mexico. This gives the story a very humorous tone. In this story a feeling of regionalism is seen too because Smiley finds pride in his frog being the best in his area. Whereas Harte does not use humor as his main element to present the West, instead he uses comic relief. In Harte's story, the citizens of Poker Flat mining camp have decided to rid the county of trouble makers, and exile a gambler Mr. John Oakhurst, prostitutes the Duchess and the Mother Shipton, and a drunken thief Uncle Billy. The exiles must find shelter and head for the next camp, Sandy Bar which is located further into the mountains. Sandy Bar is a day journey and the banished have very few Supplies, plus it is winter, and snow is expected. Harte chooses to use sarcastic narrative to emphasize the direness of the group's situation, plus, to emphasize the lack of the group's propriety and common sense. One example of Harte's humorous, sarcastic narrative is the line, Mr. Oakhurst seldom troubled himself with sentiment, still less with propriety; but he had a vague idea that the situation was not fortunate. Another example would be, but they were furnished with liquor, which in this emergency

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel written by Mark Twain, is an important literary work because of it's use of satire. It is a story written about a boy, Huck, in search of freedom and adventure. In the beginning of the story you learn what has happened since The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck and Tom found a hidden treasure that was later invested for them. Huck was taken in by Mrs. Watson, who attempted to teach him religion and proper manners, but was taken away when his father returned. Pap, being a drunk and abusive father, imprisons Huck because he wants the money Huck has invested for him. Huck fakes his own death and hides out on Jackson's Island, where he discovers Jim, Mrs. Watson's former slave, is also hiding. Jim

In the short story titled ”The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County” the author, Mark Twain, conjures a story about Smiley and his frog that can jump on command. In the story, it is in a first person point of view as a person asked a friend known as Simon Wheeler. A man known as Leonidas W. Smiley and his pet frog that can jump on command. He is also known as Jim. Jim was a humongous better.

Knute Rockne, a former football coach for the University of Notre Dame once said, “Win or lose, do it fairly.” However, in Mark Twain’s story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” the main character, otherwise known as Smiley, does not live by this saying. The story of Smiley and his “celebrated jumping frog” takes place in a gold-mining camp, which is located in Calaveras County, California, during the Gold Rush era. The dominant theme in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” is that trying to deceive someone can result in unexpected consequences. Several literary devices, including characters, satire, and diction, are applied to the plot of the short story in order to emphasize the primary theme.

American author Mark Twain was one of the most influential people of his time. Twain is perhaps best known for his traditional classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel about an adventurous boy named Huck Finn as he traverses about on the Mississippi. Under first impressions, Huckleberry Finn would be considered nothing but a children’s tale at heart written by the highly creative Mark Twain. However one interprets it, one can undoubtedly presume that Twain included personal accounts within its pages, humorous and solemn opinions on the aspects of the diverse societies around him during his life. Throughout the entire story, Huck Finn would often come into conflict between choosing what was consciously right and what was morally

During his trip, he found Simon Wheeler in the ancient mining camp of Angel's and told him his friend had commissioned him to make some inquiries about a companion named Leonidas W. Smiley. And then he asked him to tell him what he knew of Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, he replied by the other thing, a story of Jim Smiley, who was the most curious man about always betting on anything, particularly on the animal’s fight.

In this humorous short story, the author incorporates the traditional form of the tall tale into a story of his own creation. The author of this short story produces a sort of literal debate between town and country. In appropriating this fictional frog story for his own purposes, Twain makes various changes in the composition. Mark Twain the narrator embellishes in his interesting story about his encounter with Simon Wheeler in the mining settlement at Angel’s Camp.

In the story, Twain recounts his visit fabricated at the appeal of a acquaintance back East, to an old man called Simon Wheeler in a california mining camp. Wheeler tells Mark Twain a bright adventure about a miner, Jim Smiley. According to Wheeler, Smiley loved to make bets; he would make a bet on anything. Wheeler relates some of Smiley’s gambling escapades, one of which includes a frog. Critics frequently cite this adventure as an example of a tall tale and Twain’s use of humor and exaggeration in his words.

He set the frog the down and went after this feller. (Twain) The story is good ol smiley chased after this fella for days. His journey began just leaving camp, having no idea where this fella went he simply just started along the main road hoping to find someone who might know where he’d gone off to. He eventually came across a man that seemed like he’s been traveling for ages. His black hair was down to his chin, his beard was down to his chest, his body was covered in bruises and scratches. Ol smiley almost giving up hope of ever catching the man who’d done him wrong, he asked if this fella had seen anyone like the crook on the road. The man looked up angrily and stated that he had his scratches because the man had robbed him of all he had.

Jane Graves Smiley, a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and University of Iowa (M.A., M.F.A, and P.h.D.) has written # OR TYPE OF BOOK and earned awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize and PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. As she lies in bed for three months from an accident Smiley decides to read one book called Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the pile of novels on her table. SENTENCE THREE HERE. Smiley explains how that Mark Twain portrays the villain in Huck Finn for not giving Huck a voice in the novel and how he should have started the sequel without finishing the novel Adventures of Tow Sawyer. She points out from a quote by Leo Marx explaining how Huck’s character changes from once being an individual to completely

While the clergyman uses a detailed story to support his point of view, the narrator naively sides with the clergyman. Actually, he knows the clergyman well: "The reverend was a man of strict veracity and his judgement of men was good" (paragraph 3); consequently, he immediately believes whatever the clergyman has to say: "Therefore I knew, beyond doubt or question, that the world was mistaken about his hero." The narrator doesn't question the point of view of the clergyman at

In Mark Twain’s, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, Twain is asked to find Leonidas W. Smiley by a friend. Throughout the story, Twain uses diction in order to emphasize a sense of sophistication, and an old timey country accent feel. In paragraph two, Twain narrates, “...dilapidated tavern in the ancient mining camp of Angel’s.” In order to create a sophisticated tone, Twain conveys the tavern in a way that gives the setting a more depressed and rundown impression. The sophisticated tone also helps keep the reader hooked and engrossed within the story, rather than using simple phrases. Paragraph four then begins a newer piece of diction, where wheeler says, “...but anyways, he was the curiosest man about always betting...”