Washington Irving's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

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 the audience with a classical horror story. The readers begin the story learning about Ichabod Crane, a poor school teacher who often admired the wealth of other farmers and desired them for his own. One particular farmer he admired most was

Without a care in the world, Crane believed that he was already on the right path to engage Katrina, making for the shenanigans to mean nothing, enraging Brom. It's a key factor to note the hatred Brom had for Ichabod in his attempt to win the heart of Katrina, and that he would do anything to get rid of

The next scene of the story takes the audience to a party where it is mentioned that Brunt has encountered the infamous Headless Horsemen causing an interest in Ichabod knowing that where the Headless Horseman has been seen is often where he travels causing a fright within him. Leaving the party dejected, because of rejection, Ichabod leaves not once admiring the riches he so desires knowing that he will never be able to have them. Because of his foolish beliefs, Ichabod becomes concerned with the area around him, remembering every freighting story and myth that comes along with it. Coming in contact with the headless horseman and believing that he would not dare to cross the bridge in which the story of the past have entailed (Irving