One day Smiley came across a stranger, who he wanted to bet whether Dan'l could jump the highest in the whole county. However, the stranger could not join the bet because he did not have a frog. Smiley left Dan'l Webster with the stranger, while he went to find another frog, so the stranger could participate. During this "he got the frog out and (...) filled him full of quail shot", which made it impossible for the frog to jump. When Smiley got back the stranger´s frog could jump higher than Dan'l, and he won the bet, got the money and left.
These women enchanted them with their singing and put them to sleep. When the men woke up Pete was missing and the remaining two assumed he turned into the frog that jumped out of Pete’s clothes that were still there. After leaving the river Everett and Delmar come across a big man blind in one eye who takes them out for a picnic in order to attack them and steal their money. When the men get back to Everett’s hometown they find out that his wife, Penny, has taken up a new man to be her husband and told their girls that he got hit by a train so they thought he was dead. All of it resembles the blind singer on the island of Scherie, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and Ulysses’s wife
“Today we’re going to read a story about two friends, Frog and Toad. In this story, called The Letter, Toad is sad because he never gets any mail. We are going to think about what Frog and Toad say and do in the story, and it will help us understand their personalities.” Questions: • time when your friend made you feel happy. • What is a best friend? • Write a letter to your best friend.
7. An exaggeration in paragraph 5 is that the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but of course she was faster than that. In paragraph 6 when he says “his under jaw would begin to stick out like the fo-castle of a steamboat”. 8. The irony of teaching a frog how to jump and catch flies.
Morgan Zipoy Miss Chegwidden English III-2nd period 7 November 2012 The Analysis of The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain’s The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a short story regarding a man that inquires about a fellow from a southern, elderly, garrulous man, but ends up a victim of a highly trivial and impertinent story about an overconfident bloke. At the essence of the story there is a grand depiction of a heedless man that loses a gamble he never considered he would. Twain achieves the greater theme of The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County; one must not believe they are invincible, through his utilization of two literary tools: irony and foreshadowing. A brief and concise examination of these two literary tools will reveal how The Notorious Frog of Calaveras County accomplishes its advising effect. The first literary tool Twain employs in his work is irony.
Essay One, or The Biology Trail by Andrew Almonte, a third generation Mexican-American now living in stressful circumstances in Lorton (and studying too much) who, as a young child, gained an intense interest in biology and still lives to learn more about the human body. This is an essay somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of Kurt Vonnegut’s planet, Tralfamadore, where flying saucers apparently come from. “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” -T.S. Elliot The slight stinging sensation on his calf; a gift from a vengeful thorn bush for disrupting its tranquility. Salty liquid flowing into his mouth and stinging his eyes; the result of his brow crying from the heat.
Further on in the first chapter John Steinbeck shows that George cares for Lennie due to him getting in trouble situations such as when they both had the same job Lennie got blame and sacked for raping a girl. John Steinbeck is portrays Lennie as a comparing him to a six year old child in another sentence Steinbeck compares his appearance as a huge bear and drinks beer like a horse out of a lake. To shows the audience that Lennie has two side of him as a childish young child and a huge human of nature. Next Steinbeck shows that Lennie is controlled by George in comparison George is basically a father and Lennie is a son. Georges reprimands Lennie when he makes disturbance to people and mistakes in his life.
The quote is similar to the railroad example because one can take this situation in two different directions. The first actually believes the frog and the second is disregarding what he/she has to say and portrays “it” is lying. My first insight is taken as "trust those whose situation makes their claims likely to be reliable". Crocodiles eat frogs, so the life/death of the crocodile is so important to the frog that it's unlikely to be mistaken/lying about the matter. Also, one might take into consideration about the surroundings of the two animals and realize that they live in the same environment.
During the Feast at Heorot, Hrothgar’s son Unferth casts aspirations on Beowulf’s mighty claims, pointing out the swimming match that Beowulf supposedly “lost” as a youth. Beowulf’s rebuttal (530-581) recounts the perils he encountered in the swimming match; notably, the nine sea monsters he vanquished during his swim! He also chides Unferth (581-601) by criticizing his swordsmanship, his courage and his wit, and points out that he, Beowulf, would not have had to come to these shores were Unwerth nearly as valiant as he seems to believe he is. After Beowulf defeats Grendel in a mighty battle, and Grendel’s mother exacts revenge on Heorot,
And although adult frogs breathe by means of lungs, they also breathe through their skin. The eggs of different species vary in size, color, and shape. A jelly like substance covers frog eggs, providing a protective coating. This jelly also differs from species to species. Some species of frogs lay several thousand eggs at a time.