Simon Wheeler
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Simon Wheeler is a garrulous, rustic storyteller in Mark Twain’s humorous tale “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” known for his long-winded anecdotes about local characters.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog
NERFINISHED
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County NERFINISHED ⓘ The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Sketches New and Old NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Calaveras County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
garrulous
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long-winded ⓘ rustic ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | sophisticated Eastern narrator ⓘ |
| countyInFiction | Calaveras County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Samuel Langhorne Clemens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
bald-headed
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fat ⓘ good-natured ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| genreContext |
American tall tale
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humorous short story ⓘ |
| humorTechnique |
digression
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exaggeration ⓘ understatement ⓘ |
| interactionWith | unnamed Eastern narrator ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDeviceRole | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext |
American Realism
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Regionalism ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
parodies tall-tale storytelling
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provides comic relief ⓘ tells anecdotes about Jim Smiley ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | frame narrator ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | storyteller ⓘ |
| region | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Angels Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaksDialect | American frontier vernacular ⓘ |
| symbolizes | naive Western storyteller ⓘ |
| tellsStoryAbout |
Andrew Jackson (the dog)
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Jim Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ the fifteen-minute mare ⓘ the jumping frog ⓘ |
| toneOfSpeech |
deadpan humorous
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matter-of-fact ⓘ |
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