Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calvary County Essay

In Mark Twain's famous short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calvary County" the author receives a letter that tells him to inquire information about a man named Leonidas W. Smiley. He finds a man by the name of Simon Wheeler and is told the stories of Smiley. As he listens to the stories that Simon Wheeler tells he realizes that fry little of the stories could be true. To make this short story humorous Mark Twain uses many literary devices and techniques; however, three essential ones are hyperbole, anthropomorphism, and deadpan. The tale "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calvary County" adds humor through the story by over exaggerating many things that happened in Jim Smiley's life with the use of hyperboles. "If he even seen a straddle-bug
While Simon Wheeler tells the a narrator about Jim Smiley and his amazing life he does not show any emotion or have any change in his tone. "He never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm; but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was any thing ridiculous or funny about his story," The stories of a man that makes bets on anything, wins fights with a bull pup, and trains frogs to jump and eat flies would seem absolutely crazy to anyone who told or listened to these stories. However, Simon Wheeler keeps a monotone throughout telling these stories and displays deadpan to create humor in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog from Calvary County". Mark Twain created humor throughout the tall tale "The Celebrated Frog from Calvary County" using many literary devices and techniques. Of the many devices used hyperbole, dead pan, and anthropomorphism were the most apparent in creating humor. These devices add a "wow" factor to the tales of Jim Smiley. Without the use hyperbole, dead pan, and anthropomorphism "The Celebrated Jumping Frog from Calvary County" would lack the strong sense of humor Mark Twain