Hop-Frog

    To be honest, I felt kind of sad for Hop-Frog. He had to deal with every kind of abuse set on to him by the king, but it was also very humorous. It is like a revenge tale mainly towards the end, where he and Trippetta contrived a plan and escape, never to be seen again, which is something of a good thing, because now the king has nothing to entertain him now that Hop-Frog has escaped from abuse. I feel that it was just word play and humorous that they named Hop-Frog's torturers the Ourang-Outangs, calling them orange gorilla's didn't help them on a seriousness test. I thought that it was hilarious how everyone in the king and his seven friends, the Oourang-Outangs, had everyone in a prodigious tumult, and had everyone laughing, but torturing Hop-Frog. I think my absolute favorite part was Hop-Frog and Trippetta escaping.

"It is supposed that Trippetta, stationed on the roof of the saloon, had been the accomplice of her friend in his fiery revenge, and that forever, they effected their escape to their own country; for neither was ever seen again"

Most of this story reminds me of an 8 way chain pulling on whatever was intertwined in the middle, but it also reminds me of one of those scenes in a movie or game where the villain would laugh in a stereotypical way in front of a fire. This story, all in all, was hilarious and creepy.