The story "Rip Van Winkle" was an interesting short story to myself. The story details the events of Rip Van Winkle. He falls asleep for twenty years in which America has drastically changed. In this context, the Revolutionary War has changed the American peoples way of life. America has become an independent nation trying to carve its own identity. Rip Van Winkle has lived a certain life while Rip Van Winkle, his son, has grown up in an entirely different lifestyle. I liked the way Irving uses historical context within this piece to drive his point across to his readers. This point being that change is inevitable whether it be positive or
