The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calavers County Analysis

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In the short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavers County," Mark Twain expresses his humor through examples of implausibility. One of the most recognizable examples of implausibility is found in a passage about a bull pup. The bull pup is a fighting dog that is given human characteristics to create a tall tale. Mark Twain writes an amusing short story by forming impossible situations with examples of anthropomorphism. When thinking about a dog, no one would expect it to be able to have the ability to fake an attitude. In the short story, Twain makes out the dog to be small and worthless at the beginning of fights. When in reality, he is actually decisive and quick thinking as Twain demonstrates. "But as soon as money was up on him,

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