In “the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county” by mark twain, jim smiley is a

frog

animal lover

storyteller

gambler

he correct answer is D. Gambler

Explanation:

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story written by the American author Mark Twain and published in 1865. In this story, the narrator tells a story he heard from a bartender called Simon Wheeler about Jim Smiley who was a gambler. In this story, it is described Jim Smiley would gamble and bet on everything and because of this, he decides to catch a frog and train it to jump and then tries to use the trained frog to win a bet, but it is cheated by the other man that was participating in the bet. Therefore, in this short story, Jim Smiley is a gambler.

situational archetype describes the adventures of hero. the examples of situational archetypes are the quest, good vs evil, the task which represent respectively search, good forces, characters vs the evil ones and a certain job that must be done. from the given options, we cannot observe the subplot the beauty and the beast which is a correct answer for this question.

i believe the answer is perspective