Most people remember Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as reformers who practiced non-violent forms of protest and advocacy. Both effectively changed the popular opinion about emotional issues for their countries and brought in a wave of change that was long overdue. But the practice of non-violent protest, or civil disobedience, started long before either Gandhi or King. It began with a quiet, shy poet who is best known for writing a lot about a pond.
Two conflicts exist in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The first is between the Narrator and Simon, and the second between Jim Smiley and the Stranger who tricked him.
