What Stumped the Bluejays
by Mark Twain
Setting: Sunday in an empty house in an abandoned area in California.
Characters: The Blue Jay, The narrator and Jim Baker.
Plot:
Exposition: Tim Baker’s opinion with regard to animals.
Rising action: He is telling a story that happened to him, in which the bluejay is not able to hear the acorn fall.
Climax: When five thousand bluejays gathered to resolve the mystery of that hole
Falling action: occurs when an old bluejay discovered the perplexing enigma
Resolution: Baker concludes the story by telling the reader that all of the birds enjoyed their visits, except an owl from Nova Scotia who failed to see the humor in it.
Theme: Think before you act.
Mood: interested and curious.
Tone: informal and ironic
Voice: 1st person omniscient.
Elements of humor: Sarcasm and irony.
Extended fable is present in the story as it is written in prose and uses personification.
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Conflict
Man vs. Society: People are described as ignorant so the conflict between man and society would be that Tim really understands animals and knows what they really mean, but society believes that they make noises because it is their nature.
Man vs. Nature: This story gives us the opportunity to understand that man has a long way to go to really know her. And that's what Tim tries to do, Tim tries to understand them and know what the animals want to say or do.
Man vs. Supernatural: Tim seems to be able to communicate with animals by telepathy.
Ending by me.
A different ending that I propose is that its general purpose was to help the blue jay and to search for the rest of the animals. after that they enjoyed their time together, ate and laughed.
