How did the frog lose the race in mark twains The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?

Answer 1

The frog loses the race because the stranger who challenges Smiley gives the frog quail shot until he fills him up. The frog is drunk and therefore doesn't jump.

The quail shot has nothing to do with the frog getting drunk. It is the bullets used to shoot quail. He is too heavy to jump.

Answer 2

The frog lost the race in Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" because the man he was competing against had filled him with buckshot, making him too heavy to jump properly. This caused the frog to lose his agility and speed, resulting in his defeat.

Answer 3

Plot summary of the story

The narrator is sent on an errand to visit an old man, Simon Wheeler by a friend to find an old acquaintance of his. This is clearly a joke, because once the narrator gets there and asks about the acquaintance, Wheeler immediately begins to tell a long, droll story about Jim Smiley.

Jim Smiley is addicted to gambling. He bets on anything from the death of Parson Walker's wife to fights between his bulldog pup, Andrew Jackson, and other dogs. One day, a stranger to the town agrees to bet on a frog jumping higher than Jim's frog, Dan'l Webster. When Jim is not looking, the stranger pours lead bullets into the frog's mouth, weighing it down so that he wins the bet.

At this point in the story, Wheeler is called by someone on the front porch. When his attention is turned, the narrator makes his leave.

Answer 4

The short story by Mark Twain was published in The Saturday Post on November 18, 1865 under the title "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." It was revised and published under the current title on December 16 of that year.

Answer 5

The freshly caught frog (the stranger's) jumped off and wins because the stranger pours lead shot into the Jim's frog's mouth.

Answer 6

conflicting of cultures between the settled easterners and still - developing westerners.

Answer 7

While Smiley went to fetch another frog, Smiley's foe filled Dan'l Webster with a teaspoon full of quail shot, making the frog too heavy to jump. The loss was the result.

Answer 8

Daniel Webster