The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Greed

“Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man”(Lehigh Bardugo). Greed is a human emotion experienced by all. No matter who you are, everyone experiences greed. Washington Irving, born and raised in NYC, was able to study and watch different people and how they interacted with one another--including how they took on and dealt with greed. Irving used the knowledge he got from his early childhood to form and craft his story, Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow follows the events of the school teacher Ichabod Crane and his struggle with finding love and finding money. He goes through the town, picking fights with the town heart-throb: Brom Bones. After a giant threat from Brom Bones, a horse chase, and a pumpkin on the side

Ichabod and other characters let the greed they feel shape their narrative. Greed has the power to hurt people and has the power to change behaviors. In the short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, Irving portrays the effects and downfalls of greed through Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and Brom Bones. The story revolves around greed, thus creating the idea that Ichabod Crane, the main character, feels plagued by greed as well. There are many factors that create and shape a character. For some it is their loyalty, and for others it is their sorrow. For Ichabod Crane it is his greed. Ichabod’s main goal consists of getting everything for himself to live a lavish life. Irving describes Ichabod as believing, "In his devouring mind's eye, he pictured to himself every roasting-pig running about with a pudding in his belly, and an apple in his mouth..."(Irving 15). Many times authors describe the greedy by being bigger in size, rich, and never hungry. Irving uses the same analogy to depict Ichabod Crane. Ichabod comes to Sleepy Hollow for the idea of more. He knows his job doesn’t pay well, but the very idea of getting rich, marrying into wealth; fuels him through his current times of poverty. One critic, David