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The Mark Twain story I chose to talk about is titled, “ A Dog’s tail”. The author starts off by saying his father was a “St. Bernard, and his mother was a collie” (Twain, p.1). But that he is a Presbyterian. I obviously know that the author was not raised by dogs. Mark Twain is speaking in metaphors here; which leads me to think about the differences between a St. Bernard and a collie. St. Bernard's for the are known for being a large breed of dog that produce a large amount of saliva. While collies

In Mark Twain's Story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, there are plenty of ideas presented that are implausible. Using implausibility played a large role in Twain's humor throughout his writing. This was especially the case in the passage about Jim Smiley's betting frog. He believed the frog was the most talented and intelligent frog to ever be in existence. It was full of exaggerations and the seemingly impossible that made it perfect to be in a tall tale. Twain uses implausibility

that Smiley returns and pits his frog against the new one of the stranger’s; “Smiley’s frog is virtually stuck to the ground. He spends three months teaching the frog to jump until he is pretty sure that he can jump better than any other frog in the county. Unable to jump, the frog loses the contest, and Smiley loses his

I chose the story of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country by Mark Twain (1867). This was a humorous story, it consisted of a story within a story. The main story was about a frog. Simon Wheeler was the story teller, he told a tale about Jim Smiley who loved to make bets to everything. Jim Smiley was crazy in making bet because he always won. “But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner” (para. 4). Jim Smiley caught and trained a frog for three months, so

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. In fact, As Simon says, Jim would bet on anything. If a dog was fighting, He would bet on it. If a

through the eyes and stories of another person. When you have no first hand experience to match up the information to, it is enjoyable to create a person in your mind based on the perspective of another individual. In The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Mark Twain cleverly uses lengthy, uninterrupted dialogue as a means of better understanding a character from another character’s perspective. Simon Wheeler may not be the narrator of Twain’s story, but he becomes the narrator of the sub-story

“Jumping Frog” Essay Throughout the story of “The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County” there are many undercover jokes that are used in a serious manner. Mark Twain tried to hide his comedic remarks by using a more serious tone. Through this tone he is using, Mark is able to convey a story that has a lot more depth to it. There are multiple occasions where Mark has slipped in a joke while using a serious tone. In this essay I am going to point out a few of the times where Mark Twain has

dialect of daily life. Twain is best known for his ability to replicate dialogue in this way. He would usually break the rules of grammar and spelling to capture the accents of an area, as seen in his story “ The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Cavalier County”. “H'm so 'tis. Well, what's he good for… Well, I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any

An additional story “Hop Frog”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, revolves around an overweight king and his seven ministers who love practical jokes. Hop Frog, a deformed court jester who is subject to the King’s jokes seeks revenge on the king by developing a plan they consider as a “joke”. Edgar Allan Poe’s story of “Hop Frog” is another example of the usage of irony in Poe’s texts that helps to stimulate the mind of the reader. Poe uses irony to convey the main idea of a dwarf who gains power over

“Hop-Frog”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, displays the mood of resentment. The first example of this is shown when the story says, “Hop-Frog … had been forcibly carried off from their respective homes in adjoining provinces, and sent as presents to the king, by one of his ever-victorious generals” (2). This passage is important to the mood because it shows us the first event that caused resentment within Hop-Frog. Being carried off away from your home to go serve a foreign and distant king is very