American Lit. 2 Test 1

What elements of this story are considered American Realism and what elements are considered American Romanticism?

Realism- Baby's mother was a prostitute who died after giving birth Baby had no father Men of Camp stepped up to play roles of men/mother to baby Romanticism- setting, california wilderness Nature plays a key role in the livelihood of the men and death of the baby Kentuck dies with the baby like a captain going down with his ship knowing they are going to a better place

How does Simon Wheeler's liberal use of overstatement or hyperbole in describing Jim Smiley affect the impact of the story's punch line?

Simon's way of story telling about Jim Smiley becomes a bit unreasonable after he names the various types of pets the man owned to win bets and how unlikely always won. The overuse of exaggeration affects the stories punchline by making it unbelievable. a tall tale

Sarah Orne Jewett

"A White Heron"

Joel Ambrose Bierce

"An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Henry James

"Daisy Miller: A Study"

Kate Chopin

"Desieree's Baby" "The Storm"

Stephen Crane

"Maggie: A Girl of The Streets"

Upton Sinclair

"The Jungle"

Bret Harte

"The Luck of The Roaring Camp"

Samuel Clemens

"The Notorius Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Charles W. Chesnutt

"The Wife of his Youth"

Charles Perkins Gilmon

"The Yellow Wallpaper" "Why I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper"

Jack London

"To build a Fire"

Mary E. Wilkins

"the Revolt of Mother"

Explain the impact of Clemens decision to create "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" as a frame narrative with a type of "bait and switch" with the characters.

At the beginning of the story, the narrator is sent by a friend to request to talk to Leonidas W. Smiley. The narrator speaks to a man named Simon Wheeler who in turn tells him the tells of Jim Smiley. Basically, The narrator's friend baited him into talking to Simon Wheeler and having to sit through the crazy stories of Jim Smiley

How can "The Luck of Roaring Camp" be considered an allegory of the Nativity?

It could be considered this becuase of the way the child was born into a terrible place without a mother or known father. The men of the town nurture the child and see him as a symbol for hope.