The way Washington Irving made his portrayal was unfair to Dain Van Winkle by her temperament, not showing her side story, and the way he described her. In the short story Irving made her temperament seem horrid and she would get mad at every little thing Rip did. The author’s way of describing her temperament was very unfair, all women yell and get on their husbands case. On top of that the author made her seem to get mad at everything rip did. She had to love him part of the time. Also the author did not show her part of the story, he gest showed all of the bad things that she did. She probably was busy taking care of the house. Or when she had the time she would try to get her to go and work on the farm. Lastly the way the author described
