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Speaking of regionalistic qualities, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and The Outcasts of Poker Flat are very much alike when it comes to their characters. The dialect used in both stories indicates that the setting must be somewhere in the “Wild West”. For example, in Twain’s story, Simon Wheeler is telling the narrator tall tales about some fellow named Jim Smiley and his tone tells you exactly the type of man he is: somewhat unintelligent compared to the narrator. The sentence structure is different from what the narrator is used to. Twain used the word “ketched” in his story instead of ‘caught’ to indicate how Simon was pronouncing his words, and it gives the reader a clear understanding of how people of this town talked (Twain
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