For the past week we have been reading short stories about tricksters. In this story we read about the ultimate trickster Hop-Frog. Driven by anger fueled by the abuse of the king against him and the girl he love's, he plans to humiliate, expose the king and his followers for their cruel actions, and then to kill them. Hop-Frog is like every other trickster we have encountered in our readings. He is sly, silver tongued, and cruel. He hides his murderous motives deep under his flattery of the king. He is driven to the point of madness by the king and has the ultimate revenge. I liked the story because it was short and to the point. Poe left you to imagine the story more than others because he doesn't use many descriptive words. The book is twisted, dark, and unexpected. It made it very entertaining

-Luke