The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

by

Mark Twain
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The Stranger Character Analysis

The stranger in Wheeler’s story comes to the mining town of Angel’s Camp and strikes up a conversation with Jim Smiley. When Smiley boasts that his frog, Dan’l Webster, can out-jump any frog in Calaveras County, the stranger responds sadly that he would accept the 40-dollar bet, if only he had a frog. Smiley promptly entrusts the stranger with Webster and goes to the swamp to catch another frog for his new acquaintance. While Smiley is gone, the stranger fills Webster with quail-shot so that he can’t jump. This enables the stranger to win the competition and take off with Smiley’s 40 dollars.

The Stranger Quotes in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County quotes below are all either spoken by The Stranger or refer to The Stranger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Quotes

“And the feller studied a minute, and then says, kinder sad-like, ‘Well, I'm only a stranger here, and I ain’t got no frog; but if I had a frog, I'd bet you.'”

Related Characters: Simon Wheeler (speaker), The Stranger (speaker), Jim Smiley, Narrator
Integrity and Community Theme Icon
Page Number: 5
Explanation and Analysis:

“[…] the new frog hopped off lively, but Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders—so—like a Frenchman, but it warn't no use—he couldn't budge; he was planted as solid as a church, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out.”

Related Characters: Simon Wheeler (speaker), Jim Smiley, Narrator, The Stranger
Related Symbols: Smiley’s Pets’ Names
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Page Number: 6
Explanation and Analysis:
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The Stranger Quotes in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County quotes below are all either spoken by The Stranger or refer to The Stranger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Quotes

“And the feller studied a minute, and then says, kinder sad-like, ‘Well, I'm only a stranger here, and I ain’t got no frog; but if I had a frog, I'd bet you.'”

Related Characters: Simon Wheeler (speaker), The Stranger (speaker), Jim Smiley, Narrator
Integrity and Community Theme Icon
Page Number: 5
Explanation and Analysis:

“[…] the new frog hopped off lively, but Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders—so—like a Frenchman, but it warn't no use—he couldn't budge; he was planted as solid as a church, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out.”

Related Characters: Simon Wheeler (speaker), Jim Smiley, Narrator, The Stranger
Related Symbols: Smiley’s Pets’ Names
Appearances vs. Reality Theme Icon
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 6
Explanation and Analysis:
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