Ichabod Crane

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    imaginative ways. Also, further in the story Ichabod Crane makes himself the best example of this situation by falling into the whispers and rumors about the “Headless Horseman,” becoming the butt of the local humor and more so the natural target for the foolishness spreading throughout the town. In the story imagination helps one discover the truth that reason cannot reach, which shows when the “Headless Horseman” begin to hunt Ichabod down. The chase exposes Ichabod to the reality of Sleepy…

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    left to itself it will turn to things like ghost stories. But Ichabod loved hearing horror stories, and imagining them and after filling his mind with these stories, he began believing them. One night, as he was riding on his horse, he thought he saw a headless horseman; riding in black clothes, holding his head in his hands. Ichabod was scared out of his britches. As he rode faster, the “headless horseman” threw something at Ichabod. It hit him. He thought it was the head of the horseman. But…

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    story of a man named Ichabod Crane, a dDetective from Connecticut. From his home, Ichabod travels to Sleepy Hollow, New York. His purpose is to investigate multiple murders under mysterious circumstances. People say a headless soldier from the Revolutionary war is behind the murders. Ichabod goes through a lot of adventures to find out the answer to the mystery, the scientific way...…..at least for a little while. He finds the killer to be… read it yourself you cheater!!! Ichabod is an easily…

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    some kind of enchantment. Its residents all seem to move a little slower, daydream a little more, and be more prone to believe in the supernatural. The characters start with Diedrich Knickerbocker, the narrator of this short story. Next is Ichabod Crane. Ichabod is the itinerant school teacher of Sleepy Hollow. He was described to be very tall with narrow shoulders and long arms that dangle out of his sleeves. His feet were so large they could’ve served as shovels. He also had a small flat head…

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    about the matter. In the legend of sleepy hollow the fact they changed Ichabod Crane’s character did good for the movie. They narrative that was in the story would not have been long enough for an hour and a half movie so the changing of his character from a school teacher to a police officer let the producers and writers of the movie elongate the plot and make it more exciting and fit the time needed for a movie. Ichabod as a school teacher was boring and would have not done a good job to…

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    indication of a future events. Ichabod sat in a room in the home of Katrina, he looked about his eyes filled with wonder and he envied all the little things about their way of life. He wanted to be rich, so he was determent to win Katrina’s heart. There was another man though that was very in love with Katrina, you could say he was the jock of the town. He was a very mystifies man always causing trouble, if there was a prank he would be the one behind it all. Ichabod is very superstitious and…

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    darkest fears coming alive! Scarecrow also known as Jonathan Crane is a villain in American comic books. Scarecrow's is mostly a adversary of Batman and Robin. Scarecrow was created in the fall of 1941 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. In fact he was one of Batman's earliest foes. First things first is Scarecrows origin. Jonathan Crane was a psychology professor who had gotten rejected by all the educators because of the attire he wore. Crane was discharged after shooting a handgun off in class…

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    ominous lighting really set the mood during the scene of the performance when the Headless Horseman was chasing Ichabod. The dark and scary lighting and then suddenly, with a creepy white glow, the Headless Horseman appeared. This really made the story more creepy and exciting. The detailed and great sets really looked like the story was coming to life. It really looked like as if Ichabod was in the town with…

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    “The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane takes place at the Palace Hotel near a train station in Nebraska. The proprietor of this hotel, that is strategically painted to attract customers, is an Irishman named Pat Scully. Every morning Scully goes to the train station to “work his seduction on any man that he might see wavering, gripsack in hand”. One winter morning he collars three passengers, a “shaky and quick-eyed Sweden”, a cowboy and a “little silent man from the East”. Upon arrival, the guest…

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    Cordell Winward The songs on Ichabod Crane’s playlist would have songs about being ravenous, superstitious, and smart. The first song on his playlist is “Just Eat It” by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Washington Irving wrote “The revenue arising from his school was scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread bread, for he was a huge feeder…” (18). “Weird Al” Yankovic sings about this with being ravenous with these lyrics “So eat it, just eat it/ Have some more chicken/ Have some more pie/ Open…

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