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A 7 page essay that contrasts and compares the writing styles of three brilliant American nineteenth century writers. The writer argues that examination of representative works from these authors demonstrates that Twain's intention is primarily humorous, as typified by his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," while Davis' goal in "Life in the Iron-Mills" is to instigate social reform, and James' Daisy Miller is more concerned with simply contrasting the aspiring culture of a young nation in the New World to the moribund standards of the Old. No additional sources cited.
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her own way, was also a realist. However, these are their only points of similarity as the writing style and thematic content are all extremely different. Examination of representative works
from these authors demonstrates that Twains intention is primarily humorous, as typified by his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," while Davis goal in "Life in the
Iron-Mills" is to instigate social reform, and James Daisy Miller is more concerned with simply contrasting the aspiring culture of a young nation in the New World to the
moribund standards of the Old. Of the three distinctly different writing styles, Twains is definitely the most fun. Twains realism glorified the common man. His use of dialect and
colloquialisms reflect the way that ordinary people, in his experience, actually talked, which is why Twains narrator says, "Thish-yer Smiley" for "This here Smiley." In the character of Jim
Smiley, Twain pictures a consummate country con-artist, someone who always has an animal on which to lure the unsuspecting into placing a wager. Twain sets up his encounter with Simon
Wheeler, his narrator of this tale, by explaining that he suspects that a friend had set him up by asking him to ask Wheeler about a certain Rev. Leonidas W.
Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Therefore, even before the story begins, Twain sets
up a situation that is comical in that the reader pictures Twain cornered by Wheeler, a captive audience to his reminiscences. While the implication is that Wheeler is a
terrible bore, Twains vivid descriptions make the old mans stories come alive with detail. For example, before discussing the celebrated frog, Wheeler recounts some of other animals on which Smiley
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