A few months ago, my cousin Mark invited me to help on his farm. I accepted his invitation, knowing he would pay me handsomely. However, when I set foot on the farm, one thought came to mind: what a dump! Mark 's farm was so pitiful one could mistake it for a junkyard. One thing that stuck out to me was his cattle. The poor creatures did not have anything to eat. All of Mark 's grass was dead, and I could count every cow 's ribs from a football field away. As I roamed around Mark 's farm, it started to remind me of the two stories The Devil and Tom Walker and Rip Van Winkle. These two stories have much more in common then some believe. In "The Devil and Tom Walker and Rip Van Winkle" we see similarities in the setting, male protagonists, female
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The bodies of water paints a vivid image in the reader 's mind. We see Tom lives near "Charles Bay." Similarly, Rip lives near water, for we see in the beginning of the story, Irving tells that "whoever made a voyage..." These bodies of water in both stories enhance the imagery in both stories. Another similarity in the setting are the forests. We see Tom stroll through "The swamp thick with gloomy pines." On the other hand, Rip lives by houses "whose shingle roofs gleam among the trees." Both Tom and Rip 's stories take place in a forest, and by a body of water. The author Washington Irving chooses to write about these settings because he was obviously reared near them. He writes about an area that he frequented as a …show more content…
These termagant women have some things in common, one being they are nagging. "Tom 's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm." Throughout the story, we see Tom 's wife nag Tom all the way to her death. Similar to this, Rip 's wife nagged him as well. "a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world." This means that Rip 's wife nags him until he can learn something. Another thing these antagonists have in common is they are very abusive. When Tom and his wife argued "his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words." Similar to Rip and his wife, "A termagant wife may therefore be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed." Both characters abuse their husbands throughout the story. This indicates that the author, Washington Irving, was reared around termagant
The bodies of water paints a vivid image in the reader 's mind. We see Tom lives near "Charles Bay." Similarly, Rip lives near water, for we see in the beginning of the story, Irving tells that "whoever made a voyage..." These bodies of water in both stories enhance the imagery in both stories. Another similarity in the setting are the forests. We see Tom stroll through "The swamp thick with gloomy pines." On the other hand, Rip lives by houses "whose shingle roofs gleam among the trees." Both Tom and Rip 's stories take place in a forest, and by a body of water. The author Washington Irving chooses to write about these settings because he was obviously reared near them. He writes about an area that he frequented as a …show more content…
These termagant women have some things in common, one being they are nagging. "Tom 's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm." Throughout the story, we see Tom 's wife nag Tom all the way to her death. Similar to this, Rip 's wife nagged him as well. "a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world." This means that Rip 's wife nags him until he can learn something. Another thing these antagonists have in common is they are very abusive. When Tom and his wife argued "his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words." Similar to Rip and his wife, "A termagant wife may therefore be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed." Both characters abuse their husbands throughout the story. This indicates that the author, Washington Irving, was reared around termagant