The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Group

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c-los
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Why does Wheeler tell about the mare and the pup first, before focusing on the frog?

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Posted by c-los on Sunday January 28, 2007 at 3:42 PM and tagged with question, the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county.

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  1. a-b

    He wants to show that you can't always judge something by how it looks, and that you never know how it will turn out. He's also trying to show how Smiley was always able to come up with a great trick when it comes to animals and betting. He's setting up the story with some less fantastic examples while building up to the frog.

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    Posted by a-b on Monday January 29, 2007 at 12:50 PM

  2. revolution
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    He want to build up and establish Smiey's obsession and habitual behaviour of dwelling into gambling with money in the casino and after that, build up and carry on the main story again

     

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    Posted by revolution on Monday July 27, 2009 at 7:35 AM