“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is about a man, who makes a living as a gambler, getting tricked out of $40. Does Smiley deserve to lose the $40 at the end of the story? Do you
like Jim Smiley? Is your first reaction to feel sympathy for Smiley at the end of the story, or do you feel like he got what was coming to him? ( 60 words)