The excerpt suggests that the narrator does not understand Wheeler at all. The narrator observes Wheeler's serious demeanor and earnest storytelling about what he perceives as a ridiculous or absurd story, which highlights a disconnect between the narrator's perspective and Wheeler's view of the story's importance. The narrator finds the situation "exquisitely absurd," indicating that he sees the humor in Wheeler's seriousness, which further suggests a lack of comprehension of Wheeler's sincerity.
The narrator makes this statement about Simon Wheeler, the storyteller, in Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County":
All through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he regarded it as a really important matter, and admired its two heroes as men of transcendent genius in finesse. To me, the spectacle of a man drifting serenely along through such a queer yarn without ever smiling, was exquisitely absurd.
What does this excerpt tell you about the narrator?
He does not like gamblers.
He does not understand Wheeler at all.
He is eager to hear Simon Wheeler's story.
He has a unique sense of humor.
3 answers
a b c d
is it a b c or d