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    1-6, The Celebrated Jumping Frog

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    The narrator displays mild annoyance at being tricked by his friend into listening to one of Simon Wheeler's long stories. Wheeler is described as fat, bald-headed, and giving an outward appearance of simplicity, but he is aggressively persistent in getting the narrator to listen to his story. The narrator hints that he thinks Wheeler's story is unimportant, though Wheeler thinks it is a "really important matter." Jim Smiley is described as being addicted to gambling, as evidenced by Twain's exaggerated examples of bets he would make on anything. There is irony in one of Smiley's bets on whether Parson Walker's wife would recover from her illness, as she was already getting better.

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    The narrator displays mild annoyance at being tricked by his friend into listening to one of Simon Wheeler's long stories. Wheeler is described as fat, bald-headed, and giving an outward appearance of simplicity, but he is aggressively persistent in getting the narrator to listen to his story. The narrator hints that he thinks Wheeler's story is unimportant, though Wheeler thinks it is a "really important matter." Jim Smiley is described as being addicted to gambling, as evidenced by Twain's exaggerated examples of bets he would make on anything. There is irony in one of Smiley's bets on whether Parson Walker's wife would recover from her illness, as she was already getting better.

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    The narrator displays mild annoyance at being tricked by his friend into listening to one of Simon Wheeler's long stories. Wheeler is described as fat, bald-headed, and giving an outward appearance of simplicity, but he is aggressively persistent in getting the narrator to listen to his story. The narrator hints that he thinks Wheeler's story is unimportant, though Wheeler thinks it is a "really important matter." Jim Smiley is described as being addicted to gambling, as evidenced by Twain's exaggerated examples of bets he would make on anything. There is irony in one of Smiley's bets on whether Parson Walker's wife would recover from her illness, as she was already getting better.

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    1.This paragraph opens the “frame” to this story.

    What tone or attitude does the


    speaker
    display? What words/phrases best display that tone?

    The tone Mark Twain uses in the frame story of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of
    Calaveras County" is one of annoyance mixed with grudging admiration. The unnamed
    narrator had received a letter from a friend from the East requesting that he try to look
    up an acquaintance named Leonidas Smiley by asking Simon Wheeler about him. The
    narrator suspects that he has been the butt of a practical joke his friend played on him.
    The request was just a trick to subject the narrator to Wheeler's longwinded
    storytelling. The narrator states that he has a "lurking suspicion" that his friend played
    a prank on him. This communicates mild exasperation, or distress and embarrassment
    after having been humiliated. The understated tone of the narrator's remarks—"I
    hereunto append the result" and "lurking suspicion"—show that the narrator isn't
    hugely embarrassed by the trick but takes it in stride.

    2. In paragraphs 2 and 3 we meet Simon Wheeler. What does the description of his
    appearance suggest about him?

    Simon Wheeler's face is described as expressionless; "he never smiled, he never


    frowned," meaning that he never gave anything away to the narrator in terms of his
    mood or intentions other than sincerity. You could say he has a good poker face.

    Moreover, the narrator describes him as "fat and bald-headed," with "an expression of
    winning gentleness and simplicity ." The narrator describes Simon Wheeler as a person
    who would be easy to underestimate. He doesnt show any sign of malicius intent and
    intelligence so people would easily trust him.

    3. What does the description of Simon Wheeler’s actions suggest about him?

    Though Simon Wheeler is bald and lazy, and seems simple, he may be cleverer than he
    looks. He’s certainly very aggressive in getting the narrator to listen to him. But then
    there’s the question of why he’s so desperate to have someone listen to him. It has to
    get pretty lonely out there at the mining camp. Maybe he just wants to talk and
    doesn’t have any shame about it. Whatever the reason is, he throws the narrator
    completely off guard.

    4. The narrator says that Simon Wheeler thought his story was “a really important
    matter.”
    What words/phrases/sentences hint that the narrator thinks the opposite?

    “i let him go on his way” is one of the phrases that makes you understand that though
    the narrator says that simon wheeler thought his story was a “ really important
    matter” he doesnt seem to think its important himself by questioning the nature of the
    way simon wheeler was going . the narrator also implies that he is better or more
    educated tan wheeler.
    5. From the description, it is clear that Jim Smiley is addicted to gambling. Twain uses
    exaggeration to make Smiley’s gambling humorous. Give two examples.

    “ if there was two birds setting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.”

    “ if he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long he
    was on the road.”

    6. Explain the irony of Smiley’s bet on Parson Walker’s wife.

    She was already getting better and he bet on her not recuperating from the illness
    which is not something a normal person will do because you never want a frinds wife
    to stay ill of course and like the narrator said he always seem to have the luck for this
    tyoe of bets.

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