Rip loves leaving his home and the village in order to spend time in nature. His hobbies include going fishing and hunting with his dog. Rip also likes to simply go on adventures in the wilderness. Before he falls asleep for twenty years, Rip is in the mountains appreciating nature. "On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the refelcted rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene..." (158). This quote shows how Rip genuinely enjoys being in nature and away from society. It is apparent that the author wants Rip to be viewed as being very connected to nature by the
Rip loves leaving his home and the village in order to spend time in nature. His hobbies include going fishing and hunting with his dog. Rip also likes to simply go on adventures in the wilderness. Before he falls asleep for twenty years, Rip is in the mountains appreciating nature. "On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the refelcted rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene..." (158). This quote shows how Rip genuinely enjoys being in nature and away from society. It is apparent that the author wants Rip to be viewed as being very connected to nature by the