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Write a 5 paragraph, minimum 500 word essay in response to the prompt below. Your essay must have an Introduction as the first paragraph, 3 paragraphs to form the Body of the essay and a final paragraph as the Conclusion to form your 5 paragraph essay. (Be sure to use the APA Format guidelines.)

Using the Short Story online library at www.americanliterature.com, read one of the most well-known narratives, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by the famous Mark Twain. Identify the type of conflict addressed in the short story (person vs. person; person vs. nature; person vs. society; person vs. self; person vs. machine; or person vs. the supernatural). Analyze your reasons for selecting that conflict and justify them. Then identify the theme/morale of the story and argue your point in the remainder of the essay, using support from the story.