Both “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte are humorous stories. Twain and Harte both have contrasting and comparable techniques, such as hyperboles, understatements, and personification to convey humor throughout their stories. In Mark Twains, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” his humor is presented mainly through the use of hyperboles and comical expressions. He has the narrator, Simon Wheeler, begin telling
(15 points) Score 1. Consider both Hamlin Garland's "The Return of a Private" and Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" as works of regionalist fiction. In a response of at least two paragraphs, compare and contrast these stories as examples of regionalism. How are they similar? How are they different? Be sure to include specific details and examples from both stories in your response. Answer: Although they both contain interesting Local Colors, the specifics of each differ
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” Analysis Have you ever been patronized through a witty display of sarcasm? Have you ever failed to notice this charade until it was much too late, or the conversation was over? Mark Twain’s short story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” may have been the pinnacle of political and historical sarcasm, as an elder, uneducated miner proceeded to make a fool out of an unaware, sophisticated easterner. The elements Twain implores in his
Brandon Hayes 11/17/14 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a framed narrative that was Mark Twain’s first big success. It depicts a story of a sophisticated Easterner who was given the task to travel to California in order to inquire information on Leonidas W. Smiley. The easterner is instructed to talk to old man Wheeler, who is a loquacious westerner, because he supposedly knows Leonidas Smiley. Instead of Old Man Wheeler telling
literary movement was a time full of influential writers that used detailed description and characters to show the different regions of the United States. Mark Twain was one of the more popular Regionalist writers. His story, “The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”