The Jumping Frog

Setting and Literary Movement

• Time:1850
• Place: California, Calaveras County
• Literary Movement: Realism
• Evidence of Realism: it shows how people really are 

Characters

• A. Ward
• Simon Wheeler
• Rev. Leo Smiley
• Jim Smiley
• Narrator

Plot Points

• The narrator reads a letter addressed to A.Ward
• The narrator traveled to California 
• The narrator asks Simon Wheeler about Leo Smiley
• He is then told a long story about Jim Smiley

Theme and Elements

• Deception
• Cultural Clash
• Anthromorphism

The Cask of Amontillado

Setting and Literary Movement

• Place: Italy, Underground Catacombs
• Time: I850 during carnival season
• Literary Movement: Gothic Romantic Period
• Evidence of Gothic Romantic: A gloomy story with a dark ending

Characters and Plot Points

• Amontillado
• Fortunato
• Amontillado and Fortunato leave the carnival
• Both walk through the catacombs 
• Amontillado buries Fortunato

Theme and Elements

• Irony
• Expect Consequences

Quotes

• "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when
• he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge"(1)

QUESTION

• Why does A. Ward tell the narrator to ask Simon Wheeler about Leo Smiley?
• Why is it ironic that F. Was tricked and buried alive in the catacombs?
• What does the new comer do to the frog to make sure that he will win?