Question

Who is the protagonist in this passage?
Simon Wheeler
Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley
the narrator
Jim Wheeler

Answer 1

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country
by Mark Twain (excerpt)

I added that if Mr. Wheeler could tell me anything about this Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, I would feel under many obligations to him.

Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph. He never smiled, he never frowned, he never changed his voice from the gentle-flowing key to which he tuned his initial sentence, he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm; but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he regarded it as a really important matter, and admired its two heroes as men of transcendent genius in finesse. I let him go on in his own way, and never interrupted him once.

"Rev. Leonidas W. H'm, Reverend Le—well, there was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of '49—or may be it was the spring of '50—I don't recollect exactly, somehow, though what makes me think it was one or the other is because I remember the big flume warn't finished when he first came to the camp; but any way, he was the curiousest man about always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if he could get anybody to bet on the other side; and if he couldn't he'd change sides.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well i think its SImon wheeler, im not sure ..

Answer 4

first of all do you know what protagonist is?

Answer 5

The main character

Answer 6

okay did you red the passage? and btw if i say anything and you get offended let me know because i'm not trying to be mean or call you stupid or anything like that

Answer 7

Yea i did, and they were talking about him ..

Answer 8

And its all good :)

Answer 9

Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph. He never smiled, he never frowned, he never changed his voice from the gentle-flowing key to which he tuned his initial sentence, he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm; but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he regarded it as a really important matter, and admired its two heroes as men of transcendent genius in finesse. I let him go on in his own way, and never interrupted him once.

Answer 10

yeah i just felt like they were describing him and just talking mostly about him so i would have to say you did a good job and i totally agree with your answer :)

Answer 11

Thank you :) , I just wanna make sure tho

Answer 12

yeah its totally understandable let me know if you need help with anything else just tag me if im on

Answer 13

gotchu :)