Rip Van Winkle Analysis

“Rip Van Winkle” “A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use” (Washington Irving). Rip Van Winkle, a story about a man in his village that experienced mysterious events. Irving incorporates characteristics of exaggerated characters, astonishing events, and also conveys a positive message. Rip Van Winkle contains interesting characters and without those characters it would never make up the story.Rip Van Winkle is a well liked man in his village. He assists his neighbors with a great deal tasks without any pay. Yet. he still didn't live up to social expectations. Rip is a lazy man who never provides for his …show more content…
It is important because it spiciness up the story. To escape his wife, he take his gun and he pet dog Wold, and go hunting in the Catskill Mountains. Shots after shots Rip grew more exhausted so, he laid down. After, a short rest he got up to go back home is when he noticed couples of men down the hill playing and, drinking their rum. It seemed like fun so he joined them. While playing a few games and drinking he grew more drunker and drunker. Until, it lead him into passing out. He woke up one sunny morning and reached out for his but noticed the barrel was rusted.All of the men were gone. The objects surrounding him seemed a bit odd. He looked for his dog but, he couldn't find him. Dumbfounded, he returned to his village but didn't recognize anyone there, and everyone was dressed in strange attire. The village was larger and there were buildings and names he had never heard of. When he reached is house, he saw a old deteriorating house with broken windows and collapsing windows. With all the confusion he walked to Nicholas Vedder’s Inn but, it wasn't there. The men and the other villagers looked at him strange because he had on odd clothing and a long