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Hoppity Hooper - 1964 The Jumping Frog Contest 1-10 was released on: USA: 1964
In the story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, the outcome of the contest between Smiley's frog and the stranger's frog is that the stranger's frog wins because it has been secretly filled with lead pellets, making it unable to jump. This results in Smiley losing the bet and the stranger leaving with the winnings.
Mark Twain's jumping off point (pardon the cheesy pun): The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was originally titled "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Jim Smiley is a character in Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." He is a notorious gambler who bets on his trained frog to win jumping competitions. Jim's frog wins most of the contests until a competitor tricks him, leading to his frog's defeat.
The movement of a frog is a jump, that is where the idea for the Calavares frog jumping contest came from.
The framework narrator in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" uses irony by presenting the story as a straightforward account of a frog-jumping contest, while the actual focus of the tale is on the mischievous antics of the characters involved. This discrepancy between expectations and reality creates irony, as the reader realizes the humorous and unexpected nature of the story.
Dan'l Webster
Yes, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" by Mark Twain is considered a tall tale. It features exaggerated or ridiculous elements, such as a frog jumping absurd distances, typical of the tall tale genre.
Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published in November 1865.
The author uses Jim Smiley's excessive propensity for betting on practically anything as a personality trait to foreshadow his role in the story. This trait sets up the eventual outcome of the frog jumping contest and Jim Smiley's unexpected twist of fate.
The narrator describes Smiley to the reader in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Smiley is portrayed as a character who is always betting on something, full of confidence, and deeply competitive in his frog-jumping contests.
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