The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County :: Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The Celebrated Jumping salientian of Calaveras County     The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a delightfully entertaining piece of work. The acknowledgments are developed beautifully through fantastic descriptions, amusing actions, and nearly through smooth, flowing, and terrific dialogue. The dialogue is, indeed, the main(prenominal) attraction of this event. Simon Wheelers speech is optimistic, and above all, very friendly. Wheeler tells of Smileys antics as any great baloney teller would. Wheeler offers his own observations generously. They are casual and hospitable. Wheeler, communicate of Smileys betting habit, interjects that, Why, it never made no difference to him- hed bet on anything- the dangdest feller (113). This observation is helpful and funny. Wheeler also offers a fabulous story to illustrate his point. He tells of Smiley making a bet that a existences wife will not improve in health contradictory to what the doctors say. The absurd ity of such(prenominal) a bet leaves the reader laughing out loud, in spite of such a morbid joke. Even the frog is personified and molded carefully into the most individual and unique frog ever to hop along. The frog is described by Wheeler as modest, straightforward, and gifted. Danl Webster was the name of the frog... (114). Daniels aptitude for intelligent thought is certify by his ability to catch flies on command. Again, a most absurd assertion but, nonetheless, very comedic. Oddly, Daniel is compared to a cat. Wheeler observes that, Hed Smiley give him a bitty pinch behind, and the next minute youd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut- see him turn one summerset, or mayhap a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat- footed and all right, like a cat (114). One could argue that Daniel is the main character of the story. The actual narrator of the story is an old friend of Smiley. The friends brief relationship with Wheeler is also rather interesting. Tw ain does not say directly that the man is not particularly fond of Wheeler, but alludes to that through the narrators dialogue. Smileys old friend sits down with Wheeler and describes the act as such Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph (113). Through the mans choice of words the reader chop-chop realizes that this is not a pleasurable experience to him.