EN 210 Lecture 1: Realist Fiction
22 Aug 2016
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The notorious jumping frog of calveras county by mark twain. Framed narrator- appears outside the story to narrate someone else"s story. Inset narrator- simon wheeler in this story. His opponent weighed smiley"s frog down with quail pellets. Smiley was ultimately undone by his eagerness to accept appearance rather than check reality. Two main focuses: the water at lake tahoe, the re. Clarity vs. obliviousness: clarity on the water vs. obliviousness on dry land, twain was so aware of the water"s beauty, yet on land, he was so oblivious to the dryness and the many pine needles. Realist fiction: did the story focus on despair? (naturalism) No- after the devastation of the re, they simply left and called it a memory.
