ipl-logo

Comparing Rip Van Winkle And Washington Irving's American Dream

196 Words1 Pages
The story rip van winkle an “American Dream” are very similar. Washington Irving talks about in his story how america is a place that is always trying to improve. Rip is a nice man that tries to help people when he can.He falls into a sleep for 20 years and wakes up to a new American.His wife and dog has died,his kids are grown and see him in the town.There they tell him the new society they live in. Both stories were being part of a new society where the government did not rule a lot over the people,Also there was opportunity for doing your own things.You had your own identity to what you wanted to be. Rip van winkle did not really understand what was going on because, he was not ready for the changes america brought. Rip Van Winkle was
Open Document