The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County Summary

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Thousands of millions of people all over the world experience about the feeling of excitement when winning in either video gas or anything that one person may enjoy, and the disappointment of losing in such games or entertainments one endorses themselves in. But one peculiarly lucky person in Mark Twain's tall tale story known as Jim Smiley won all his bets, which later developed to his head and he became too boastful, and like countless others in the natural world, came to a crushing defeat. Not to mention, the story where Jim Smiley appears in “ The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain is a high level comedy tall tale story. in which an unnamed narrator goes to gather information on a man known …show more content…

For instance, a hyperbole can be found when Smiley chased the frog from his home all the way to Mexico to win a bet.” He would bet how long it would take him to get to-to wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddlebug to Mexico”(686). The author includes this hyperbole to go along with the caricature of smiley being an extreme better, this is in behalf of it further conveys what Smiley would do to win a small bet. Another example is that, when Smiley train a frog he captured for three whole months. In other words, Smiley was so determined to win a frog race bet he sat there for three whole months just to train a frog to jump.” he ketched a frog one day and took him home, and said he cal’lated to educate him; and so he never done nothing for three months but set in his backyard and learn that frog to jump”(688). The author includes this hyperbole to exaggerate how determined Smiley is and how much he wants to win. This goes along with Smiley being a caricature of an extreme better who would do anything to win, even waste three months of his life just to win one or two frog races with that frog. Uniquely, the author includes hyperboles to further exaggerate his character and also to help his caricatures to further stand out so the reader can know what the character is suppose to be like in the modern

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