RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e. g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic
resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
2. Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts
of a text contribute to its overall meaning."
How does Twain's story-within-a-story structure contribute to the meaning of
“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”? Reread paragraphs 1-4 and
20–25. Then, explain how Twain's frame narrative (the narrator's explanation of
his purpose) and his interior narrative (Simon Wheeler's story about Jim Smiley)
reveal character and enhance the story's meaning?

answer: i would say he was very determined and persistent in overcoming obstacles.

explanation:   "the magician of menlo park" as he was called, liked to tell an incident that happened when he was 8 years old and came back home crying after attending school for three months because his teacher called him "sterile and unproductive". from nowadays perspective, we can say that thomas alva edison was one of the most persistent and determined man that has ever existed. when edison was 14, he contracted scarlet fever. the effect of the fever, as well as a blow to the head by an angry train conductor, caused edison to become completely deaf in his left ear, and 80-percent deaf in the other. so as you can see he had to struggle to not so many minor issues but he always succeeded.

mood contributes to how it makes you feel when you read it