Question

Why does Twain use a frame story in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" ?

A. He wants to focus on the storyteller's perspective.

B. It helps him satirize an educated Easterner's point of view.

C. He wants readers to hear the story from an educated outsider.

Please help no guessing :)

Answer 1

It helps him satirize an educated Easterner's point of view.

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Answer 2

It helps him satirize an educated Easterner's point of view.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", Mark Twain frame the story as a wit battle between a man from Western Untied States and the man from Eastern United States.

At that time, Eastern men has a reputation as more educated/refined compared to the western men.

But in the story, Mark Twain portrayed the Eastern men as someone who only has a lot of knowledge without knowing how to implement it while the western men was portrayed as someone who seems less intelligent but managed to trick the easterners.