The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Lesson Plan

How is the narrator different from Simon Wheeler and Jim Smiley?

The very first sentence illustrates a major difference between the narrator and Simon Wheeler and Jim Smiley. The narrator says, “In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result.” His speech patterns are sophisticated and indicate a level of education that is different from the other characters in the story. He also says he is from the East, which is different from the other characters who are living in the...