Whatrealisticelementscanyoufindinthisstory?

----TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCavalverasCountryRealisticElements1.Verisimilitudeofdetailderivedfromobservation2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

3.AnobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumannatureandexperienceRealityConcreteness1.VerisimilitudeofdetailderivedfromobservationSimonWheelerbackedmeintoacornerandblockadedmetherewithhischair,andthensatdownandreeledoffthemonotonousnarrativewhichfollowsthisparagraph.Thish-yerSmileyhadamare--theboyscalledherthefifteen-minutenag,butthatwasonlyinfun,youknow,because,ofcourse,shewasfasterthanthat--andheusedtowinmoneyonthathorse,forallshewassoslowandalwayshadtheasthma,orthedistemper,ortheconsumption,orsomethingofthatkind.

Butassoonasmoneywasuponhimhewasadifferentdog;hisunder-jaw'dbegintostickoutlikethefo'-castleofasteamboat,andhisteethwoulduncoverandshinelikethefurnaces.Nativelanguageandslangintheplotsfellow----felleryellow----yallercatching----ketchingsitting----settingjust----jestget----gitOfficiallanguageIaddedthatifMr.WheelercouldtellmeanythingaboutthisRev.LeonidasW.Smiley,Iwouldfeelundermanyobligationstohim.CharactersPlot2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

1.NarratorAnupperclassgentlemanfromeasternregion“IaddedthatifMr.WheelercouldtellmeanythingaboutthisRev.LeonidasW.Smiley,Iwouldfeelundermanyobligationstohim.”“Ilethimgooninhisownway,andneverinterruptedhimonce.”2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

Characters2.SimonWheelerIfoundSimonWheelerdozingcomfortablybythebarroomstoveofthedilapidatedtaverninthedecayedminingcampofAngel's,andInoticedthathewasfatandbald-headed,andhadanexpressionofwinninggentlenessandsimplicityuponhistranquilcountenance.

Anrough,rude,uneducatedminerfromwesternregion2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

Characters2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

CharactersIftherewasahorse-race,you'dfindhimflushoryou'dfindhimbustedattheendofit;iftherewasadog-fight,he'dbetonit;iftherewasacat-fight,he'dbetonit;iftherewasachicken-fight,he'dbetonit;iftherewastwobirdssettingonafence,hewouldbetyouwhichonewouldflyfirst;3.JimSmileyApitiableguylivingonbetting2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

Characters2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

PlotTheweakervs.ThestrongerLaymanvs.Veteran2.Arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,settingandcharacter

Criticism3.Anobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumannatureandexperience1.CriticismtowardAmericansociety2.CriticismtowardhumannatureofAmericans3.CriticismtowardAmericanpolitics

Hypocrisy----NarratorSelf-centeredness----SimonWheeler3.Anobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumannatureandexperience1.CriticismtowardAmericansociety3.Anobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumannatureandexperience2.CriticismtowardhumannatureofAmericansParsonWalker'swifelaidverysickonce,foragoodwhile,anditseemedasiftheywarn'tgoingtosaveher;butonemorninghecomein,andSmileyupandaskedhimhowshewas,andhesaidshewasconsiderablebetter--thanktheLordforhisinf'nit'mercy--andcomingonsosmartthatwiththeblessingofProv'denceshe'dgetwellyet;andSmiley,beforehethought,says,'Well,I'llrisktwo-and-a-halfshedon'tanyway.'"MammonistHedonistSmileyAndrewJackson----PresidentItwasagoodpup,wasthatAndrewJackson,andwouldhavemadeanameforhisselfifhe'dlived,forthestuffwasinhimandhehadgenius--Iknowit,becausehehadn'tnoopportunitiestospeakof,anditdon'tstandtoreasonthatadogcouldmakesuchafightashecouldunderthemcircumstancesifhehadn'tnotalent.

Frog----DanielWebster

Annoying

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