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Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calavers County Analysis

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In the “ Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County “ written by Mark Twain, old Simon Wheeler tells the narrator the amusing story of Jim Smiley and his gambling frog. A day when a stranger fed his frogs buckshot and made Jim lose a bet. The tone seems to shift throughout the story to create the different emotional changes, such as eagerness and furious. Initially the tone of the text reveals that Smiley seems to be quite eager, since he is ready to win this between Dan’l, for example the text states , “ I ain't got no frog but if I had one I’d bet you…. That's alright, that’s alright you hold my box a minute. I’ll get you a frog. “ This meant that Smiley was a bit yearning to get the bet started, as Smiley knew he was “ lucky “, since
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