In “The celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county” Reread paragraph 20 of the story. Identify an idiom in the paragraph, explain its literal meaning, and consider how it helps to develop Simon Wheeler’s character.

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explanation:

i believe it is the first choice (1.)

because the major theme is(“both the wild and civilization have rules.”)

and also as u said,( based on what buck learns within the call of the wild, "both the wild and civilization have rules".this is true of humans within society as well.

im going to need some more info to answer this qeustion for you