“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” LITERARY ELEMENTS.

““The Celebrated Jumping Frog The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”of Calaveras County”LITERARY ELEMENTS LITERARY ELEMENTS

Determine…

• Characters

• Plot

• Author’s Purpose

• Setting

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Author’s Purpose

CharactersWho are they and what do you think they represent?

1. Narrator

2. Simon Wheeler

3. Leonidas Smiley

4. Jim Smiley

5. 15 Minute Nag

6. Andrew Jackson

7. Daniel Webster

Character List

1. Narrator . . . Possibly Mark Twain, Represents the West

2. Simon Wheeler . . . Fat, bald-headed, Represents the East

3. Leonidas W. Smiley . . . The myth

4. Jim Smiley . . . The gambler (imperfect mankind)

5. 15 minute nag . . . Asthmatic, distempered, consumptioned horse

6. Andrew Jackson . . . Dog with the signature move - for the common man

7. Dan'l Webster . . . Frog that swallows quail shot - not for the common man pro- slavery

Plot

1. Exposition-

2. Rising Action-

3. Climax-

4. Falling Action-

5. Resolution-

Plot (inner story)

1. Exposition- introduced to outer story and inner and Jim Smiley

2. Rising Action- conflict—gambling problematic

3. Climax- frog won’t jump

4. Falling Action-stranger running off

5. Resolution-outer story

Author’s Purpose

Author's Purpose

• To entertain ... base level

• Humorous, tall tale and satire

• To inform . . .East vs. West?

Setting

• Where, purpose

Setting

• Angels Mining Camp Bar

• Sometime after 1850

• Relevance---Narrator vs. Simon Wheeler---?

Tone

Tone

• Authors attitude

• Satirical

• Humorous

Mood

Mood

• What the reader gets from the piece...

• Humorous

Theme

Theme

• East vs. West

• The thrill of competition is sometimes addicting

• Cleverness is not always the best thing... Jim and narrator clever...both end up duped