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1、TheCelebratedJumpingFrog ofCalaverasCountyTheCelebratedJumpingFrog ofCalaverasCountyCharactersPlotThemesWritingStyle&ToneCharacters231TheStrangerJimSmileySimonWheeler4Thenarrator“I”JimSmileyisamanaddictedtogambling(赌博);goodatfindingandeducatinganimal
2、s;likesfoolingothersbutdoesn’tcheatthem.JimSmileyweknowverylittleaboutthestranger,hekeepsinsistingthatitisanordinaryfrogtohim.cheatsTheStrangerSimonWheeler西蒙·维勒Ithastogetprettylonelyoutthereattheminingcamp.Maybehejustwantstotalkanddoesn’thaveanyshame
3、aboutit.Whateverthereasonis,hethrowsthenarratorcompletelyoffguard.Hetalksfunnyandungrammatical-like.Arough,rude,uneducatedminerThoughSimonWheelerisbaldandlazy,andseemssimple,hemaybeclevererthanhelooks.Butthenthere’sthequestionofwhyhe’ssodesperatetoha
4、vesomeonelistentohim?TheNarratorThenarratorisaneducatedman,good-naturedanupperclassgentlemanIshereallysogood?Heissuspiciousofhisfriendanddoesn’tseemtohavealotofpatienceorgoodmannersPlotThesettingofthestoryisAngelsCamp,aminingtowninthewest,stillexisti
5、ngtoday.myfriendISimonWheelerLeonidasW.SmileyJimSmileyIftherewasahorse-race,you’dfindhimflushoryou’dfindhimbustedattheendofit;iftherewasadog-fight,he’dbetonit;iftherewasacatfight,he’dbetonit;iftherewasachicken-fight,he’dfightonit;why,iftherewastwobir
6、dssettingonafence,hewouldbetyouwhichonewouldflyfirst……(page123)Hebetsoneverything,nomatterhowridiculousP123EvenwhetherparsonWalker’s(priest)wifewouldrecoverornotHewasthemostunusualman.ParsonWalker’swifelaidverysickonce,foragoodwhile,anditseemedasifth
7、eywerenotgoingtosaveher.Butonemorninghecomein,andSmileyupandaskedhimhowshewas,andhesaidshewasconsiderablebetter-thanktheLordforhisinf’nitmercy-andcomingonsosmartthatwiththeblessingofProv’sdenceshe’dgetwellyet,andSmiley,beforehethought,says,“Well,I’ll
8、resktwo-and-a-halfshedon’tanyway.”有一回，沃尔克牧师的太太病得不轻，有好几天的工夫，眼看着她就没救了；可一天早晨牧师进来了，斯迈雷站起来问他太太怎么样，他说，她好多了——全凭主的大恩大德——看这势头，有主保佑，她能缓过来；还没等他讲完，斯迈雷来了一句：“这样吧，我押两块五，赌她缓不过来。”HebetsonanythingMareFifteen-minutenagBeusedtowinmoneyfeatureSoslow;Alwayshastheasthma(哮喘
