opportunity to come to a beautiful prosperous farm and instead of appreciating the use of nature and how magnificent it is, he instantly sees it as a way to make money and always have food available to him. He does not appreciate the simplicity of Sleepy Hollow, instead he thinks of ways to take advantage of what the small town has to offer which is its nature. Irving uses Ichabod to show a side of people that only see nature as an opportunity to better themselves. Ichabod’s intentions are not good, they

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow By: Washington Irving is a humorous tall tale about a clueless school master and his selfish love. The story takes place in an old country town that is called, Sleepy Hollow. As the clueless school master, Ichabod Crane, teaches a young lady by the name of Katrina, he falls in love with not her, but her father's possessions. Katrina is adored by all the young lads in her home town because of her being and her wealth that her father has passed onto her. The man that is

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is a wonderful ghost story written by Washington Irving. According to Irving and to his story, the story was inspired by many writers and folklore tellers, mostly from a small town known as Tarry Town. Tarry Town is a small glen, made up of people, mostly “descendants from the original Dutch settlers” (Irving 42), who called the glen Sleepy Hollow. Discovered by “Master Hendrick Hudson” (Irving 42), the town, and its many generations of

Everyone has to pay a price for their actions. In Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” readers are taught what the consequence is when a person is greedy for wealth and foolishly believes in the supernatural world. To do this Washington Irving gives readers a story of what happens to Ichabod Crane when he possesses these qualities, and what comes about to him due to these characteristics. He successfully showcases lessons that should be learned while simultaneously presenting

neoclassicism, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving is an American classic, and a common tale to tell around the campfire. In a time of reconnection with the roots of Greek and Roman schools, this gothic tale was created and holds up to other more free form stories that of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. How, you may ask, is this possible? How can a time of critical thinking and harsh minds swell under the creepy campfire story that is “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. The answer can be found

Do you believe in ghosts? In Washington Irving’s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow we follow Ichabod Crane. He is a superstitious school teacher who is in Sleepy Hollow which is supposedly haunted by the Headless Horseman. But, inferences that we get from the story as well as a lack of evidence in real life tell us that ghosts are not real. First, at the end of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, it is almost a mystery if it is a ghost story or if it was a prank, but all evidence points toward

Gent. This included The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow, which helped Irving gain international fame. German folks tales probably inspired the supernatural elements in the short story, while its characters were based on people he met. The Legend of The Sleepy Hollow is set in New York in Tarry town in 1790. The narrator of Irving’s short story is a man named Diedrich Knickerbocker who claims he is retelling the tale. From a third person’s objective point of view we learn the legend of Ichabod Crane. He

In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow the theme of imagination is vivid. Ichabod, the protagonist, is foolish because of his imagination. But he can’t be the one blamed for his imagination because the town as a whole has the same problem: “The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted tales, and twilight superstitions.”(4) Since the town has believed these superstitions for such a long time there is no surprise that Ichabod believes in these tales also. His imagination blinds him from reality