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“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” struck my interest for a couple of reasons also. For one, it is a product of the infamous by Mark Twain. Two, it is quite an interesting work of art to take breath of or read. Three, it is interesting to read about how luck is struck with/by different people. It makes you think about a lot…like: “What if this were real?” or “What if I were him?” Last, but not least, I also read this story in my Advanced Placement English class. In everyday situations, many people over the world gamble their personal belongings-to include money-away. While this story tells of an extremely lucky individual who places bets on just about everything. Not only is he placing many bets on preposterous reasoning, but he is winning. If anybody dared make a bet, he was ready to take the opposing side. Though luck can take you far, it does not account for the slithering cheaters of the world. This is also portrayed in the story. The lucky character of this story goes by the name of Jim Smiley. He met up with one of those cheaters. Jim Smiley found a frog and bet that his frog would jump higher than any other frog that challenged it. This frog was not anything special. The cheater put a couple of teaspoons of quail shots in Jim’s frog. This made Smiley’s frog heavier and allowed for the stranger’s frog to out jump his.