Problem:
In his tales, Mark Twain often used narrators whose introductory and concluding remarks provide a frame for the presentation of events The humor of the tales often depends on the frame, on multiple points of view, on the way the narrator tells the story, and on the difference between his perceptions, the perceptions of the other characters in the tale, and the perceptions of the reader. Discuss the different narrators and the multiple points of view in "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." What do the multiple narrators add? How might the story affect the reader differently if only one narrator existed?