Jumping+Frog+Story

I liked the story a jumping frog a lot. I think the story was very different compared to the stories I read now, but I still find it kind of funny. His stories humor was a lot different then what we think is funny today. Today we like humor that is more dirty that is simple and everyone can understand it, but his humor is requires you to think about what he is saying. Its not something your average person can get, you need some wit. I look forward to reading some more of his stories in class too. Even if his English is kind of hard to understand, they are still pretty good stories. What do the rest of you think about the story. 1205282442

I also really liked this story. This story was written in a different way from the other stories that we have read which I thought was kind of pleasant to read something different. Plus this story was kind of amusing. The comedy of the story was really different but I thought it was funny how the story went from and educated point of view to the story of a person with terrible grammar. Also the comedy in the story was much more different to today’s comedy which is usually inappropriate and the comedy in the story actually causes you to think about it, I really liked this story and am looking forward to read some more of his work. 1205358776

This story seemed to possess a different twist to it, In that, I mean the other stories we have read don't really compare to this one. This story at first was really entertaining, I like the way it switches from an intellectual perspective to a uneducated point of view. I agree with aar, I think it's interesting how the comedy in this story is so much different to our comedy. It's funny how much everything has changed in our society.In this story the comedy made me think. It wasn't very forward, you had to read between the lines kinda thing. Overall, I thought his work really challenged me intellectually and I really liked this story and I'm looking forward to reading more of his work. 1205371421

This story was also very enjoying to me. I love it how Mark Twain can take anything and turn it into something funny. And what really stood out to me was that when Mark Twain tells a joke its not just one that u get automatically. His jokes require a little more thinking behind them. I personally enjoy those types of jokes a little more. I also thought that the story went from a very educated approach in the beggining and then kind of just faded away into a whole different language in a sort. But thats what also made this interesting. The way Mark Twain adds all of these effects to his work, make it more easy for different people to understand and relate to. 1205376004

This story was not only humerous but it showed me that Mark Twain had many sides to his personality in terms of writing. The story seemed to be changing at all points. One minute the story would sound formal and professional, and next thing you know, the tone and grammar changes in a major way. The beggingnig seemed so much more intelligent, and then towards the end, it seemed as if Twain's whol demeanor had changed into something un-educated and ignorant. This is what made the wtory uniqdue and intersting to read. 1205422536

i like this story allt. it was very differnt form the storys we have been reading. also i lked the way br.tom really put himself into the character by changeing his voice and the acktoins he made. it may me pay mor atention to the story and not get board of it. i also like the way mark twain writes his storys like the way he changes the language from the proper english to the southern slang of the old man, it i very interesting and probably some thing that you would have not seen in those times. 1205448273

The Jumping Frog story was funny because it was so bizarre. They way Twain has the two different characters speaking and switching between the two different ways of speaking was genius. He was really the first writer to do this and he opened up a whole new level of writing. His jokes were pretty funny but he made you look for them he didn't just show them to you. It is almost like he purposely hide these jokes and wanted to see if people would find them. In the story he does a great job of explaining what the main character hears and sees while he is telling the story.1205451864

The story of The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain was probably one of the most interesting stories that I have ever read. In this story Twain takes this very dry and basic story but then somehow incorporates it with this really funny story about a frog. It isn't the story itself that is all that great but just the way that he can make these stories so interesting. The way that the grammar and personality kind of made me wonder if this was like a very popular thing to him like how he went by Mark Twain when writing but Samuel Clemmens was his real name. I think that this way of writing is probably what made him so famous. 1205456968

I thought this was a funny story that also brought a lesson to me. It is about a frog, but it is funny how he bets everyone who he meets about how this frog can jump the further than any other frog. And when he wins he just takes their money and finds something else to bet on, like the guys wife that will die. And when he finds a random stranger to bet but the he doesn't have a frog. So instead of just walking away, he goes into a swamp and catches a frog for him. But he got tricked while he was trying to trick that guy. So when Twain's charactor notices the frog was weight down, the stranger already made off with the cash. 1205460742

I have liked all of the work mark twain has done, and i think he is one incredible man. I loved how the story got your mind racing and making you think and i think that was one of the problemsw with the other peoples writings. I kind of get board whenever we read things in class because we have to listen to him talk. I cannot sit in one spot the whole class period, but this one was one of the better one's that we have done so far and i am looking forward to reading some more poetry. I think the movie had a lot to do with my interest because i liked the movie lots. Its funny how mark twain can take something as boring as a frog and make it into a interesting story. That is one of his best characteristics. Its funny how he bets on anything he does he went as far as going to a swamp and catching this man a frog so they could race for money. That is pretty funny. It was kind of funny how that guy threw his little game right back at him. I think he had it coming though. 1205463489

I wouldn't say that the story exactly got my mind racing but it was a fun story to read. I kept me interested and wanting to read on but sometimes it got a little dull. The language confused me sometimes because I haven't heard people talk like that too often so it was something that I had to get used to. The cleverness of the characters was funny but overall I thought the end of the story was a little too predictable. Just the way they described Smiley in the beginning you knew he was going to get tricked and things were going to backfire in the end.1205467213

This story reminds me alot of childhood memories were my dad would read to me every night. This sounds like something he would read in my red book full of interesting stories. This story is full of suprieses. I just like how the man cant get away from betting. He is so despret and loves the thrill of putting things on the line that he is desprate enough to bet on frogs. This story does have an intersting spin to it though. When Br. Tom was reading this in class he put a differnt spin with accents and just the way they talked. It really had me have a greater mind set and it made it alot more clearier from what point Mark was trying to get across. But it was just a clever and ridicous story that you could never get over. Just the way he even went out to catch a frog just becuase he could get a laugh and some money out of a man. He trained this frog for 3 months just so it would jump higher than normal ones. You would think he had something better to do. 1205469282Ale2