卡拉维拉县驰名的跳蛙

TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty---------MarkTwain（SamuelLanghorneClemens）MarkTwainwasthepennameofSamuelLanghorneClemens(1835-1910).HewasAmerica’smostfamoushumoristandtheauthorofpopularandoutstandingautobiographicalworks,travelbooksandnovels.LocalColorism

Itreferstotheelementswhichcharacterizealocalculture,elementssuchasspeech,customsandmorespeculiartooneparticularplace.Californiawasaworldofmen,isolated,homesick,andeagerforentertainment.Gamingwasoneoftheeasiestandmostpopularwaysamusethemselves.Characters人物简介

Narrator(论述者)AnupperclassgentlemanfromeasternregionSimonWheelerArude，rough，uneducatedminerfromwesternregionJimSmileyApitiableguylivingonbettingWittingStyleTheuseofnativelanguageandslang:fellow-——fellerwasn't——warn’tSolongas——So’sjust——jestHumorousdescriptionIfthereisahorse-race,he’dbetonitIfthereisadog-fight,he’dbetonitIfthereisacat-fight,he’dbetonitIfthereisachicken-fight,he’dbetonitIftherewastwobirdssettingonafence,he’dbetyouwhichwouldflyfirst——She’dgetwellyet——I’llrisktwo-and-a-halfshedon’t你妻子会好起来旳/我打赌两块半她不会Butalwaysatthefag-end……（对母马以及斗狗旳描写）Youneverseenafrogsomodest……（对青蛙旳描写）SymbolismThedog,whodidn’tlooklikemuchbutwasfeistywhenitcametofighting,wasnamedforAndrewJackson,awesternerandthe

seventhpresident

oftheUnitedStates.Hewasa

manofthepeople

andbelievedindemocracyforall.

2.ThefrogwasnamedforDanielWebster.HewasanattorneywhobecameoneoftheleadingAmericanstatesmen,servingasasenatorandSecretaryofState.Heranunsuccessfullyforpresidentthreetimesandwasknownforbeingaverygoodnarrator.Inthisshortstory,acommonfrogwithnonamebeatstheeducatedfrog(Dan’lWebster).1.CriticismtowardAmericansocietyHypocrisy------NarratorSelf-centeredness-------SimonWheeler2.CriticismtowardhumannatureofAmericansSmileyMammonistHedonist