Twain Humor Mark Twain's short but entertaining story entitled The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is an interesting tale that presents many useful arguments for dialogue. The purpose of this essay is to explore this short story and discuss the realistic and humorous aspects of this literature. This essay will present an argument that suggests that Twain's story is mostly symbolical and the literary techniques used in the writing of this story are used to help disguise a more secret meaning of the story.

Once the reader is warned by the narrator about the dubious circumstances of visiting Wheeler, we should recognize that Twain is taking us for a ride with an unknown destination. This use of humor, to set up the reader, is very effective and eventually when the anti-climactic ending is revealed, the true humor of the absurdity of this tale is shown.

How real is this tale and how does Twain use

By using such phrases as, " there was a feller her once" and " he was the curiosest man about" Twain is certainly trying to distinguish between the folksy Wheeler and the more inquisitive and sophisticated narrator.
As the story begins to drift into the ranting of wheeler, certain names are used to describe the animals of Smiley, the main character of Wheeler's story. Andrew Jackson, the name of one of Smiley's most revered pets, appears to stand for something more than the story itself is leading on. Perhaps there are layers of humor that were…