The way people change and create new characters can effect entire storylines and plots. Sometimes people change important characters for more views, audience members, or readers. For example, in Washington Irving’s book “Sleepy Hollow” and Tim Burton’s movie “Sleepy Hollow” the main character was a completely different person.While the movie and book version of Sleepy Hollow have the same story line, the two main characters couldn’t be anymore different. In the book, Ichabod Crane was described as a shy schoolteacher, in the movie, he’s a daring constable.(Irving).(Burton). I believe the director may have done this to make Ichabod seem more heroic and less of a regular person. He isn’t something we can all easily be so we have more of a …show more content…
While there’s nothing wrong with being a “regular” person, a lot of people have secret wishes and dreams of having their name known among many people. In Irving’s story, Ichabod was just a regular person. He was an awkward, cowardly school teacher who was only after money and a good name for himself. He tried to be a hero in his own mind. He had fallen for a young woman who was way out of his league. Ichabod thought he actually stood a chance with her when she could’ve easily had someone who would have been better suited for her. He had a bigger ego than he should have, and in the end, the “girl of his dreams” chose someone else. (“The Legend of Sleepy …show more content…
They have to be selfless. Ichabod had to face trials and hard times in both versions of the story. Washington Irving’s version had Ichabod avoiding and slyly talking himself out of difficult situations. He showed absolutely no hero traits at all, he was power hungry and greedy.(Schmoop). Burton’s version of Ichabod fought his fears and everything else in his way. He was trying to figure out why and how the Headless Horseman chose his victims when he was in the clear and the Horseman wasn’t a threat to him at all. His acts were selfless which made the town’s citizens like him even