Ichabod Crane

In the story, “Ernest Shackleton” by Olivia Fitzgerald, the environment causes some effect (in this cause trouble) for Ernest and his crew. In the text Ernest wrote in a newspaper that, “Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful”(185). This means that negativity is most likely to happen when going the trip. In this is the case, Ernest and his crew might lose their lives during the exploration. The text also states that, “On the third day,…

Naturalists Stephen Crane created many literary works throughout his short life time of 29 years. As a naturalist he uses characters that are often manipulated by forces that are commonly beyond their understanding. Crane also had many pieces about the military and war life, “Crane attended military school at Claverack College, where he pursued an interest in Civil War studies,” (Cengage Learning). Most of Crane’s work focuses on the effects of something instead of the actual event itself. For…

Nature is indifferent as well as uncaring. In the short story “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, we embark on the journey of four men, whose ship has crashed and are now adrift. They fight for survival throughout the whole story, trying to withstand nature. At the beginning of the story, they believe that nature will actually care for them, or at least an unnatural force will come and save them. They even begin to question the existence of God. In the end, they understand that nature does not…

nineteenth century, Stephen Crane graced the world with his literary presence. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, as the son of a presiding elder of the Methodist Conference. Crane was the youngest in a family of fourteen children; his sister Agnes was often his sole caretaker. Throughout his boyhood, he traveled from city to city, under the heavy influence of the Methodist religion; he continued to move about with his mother after his father passed away in 1880, when Crane was only nine. …

writing create a beginning and end, giving the reader a sense of special awareness. Crane also makes use of structural gaps, using section markers and page breaks to signify a separation of events. For instance, on page 526, the oarsman meditates on his very existence, “If I am to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?” (Crane 526). The dialogue shifts to the cook asking Billie what kind of pie he…

was. The theme was developed more in the play because the schoolmaster was more supernatural. Although they are different they are also similar. The theme is the same because they both tell us not to count our chickens before they hatch. When Ichabod Crane plans on getting married to Katrina and then after the party, he vanishes with the help of Brom Bones. However, the characters are mostly the same, but they still are different. In the short story there are more people at the Van Tassel’s…

Many things may have led up to Ichabod Crane’s disappearance or death. The question that still remain today from a speculative fiction story, written in 1820 from the author Washington Irving, is “Who is really responsible for the disappearance of Ichabod Crane?”. Although, there are many indications from who or what is held accountable for the disappearance, the one that rises from the above is Ichabod Crane’s ego. His ego had led him to seek “eye to eye” with the Headless Horseman and have…

The internal conflict in the legend was different than the internal conflict in the movie even though they both were internal conflicts Ichabod Crane battled. The only comparability between the two are that both internal conflicts were battled by Ichabod Crane. To begin with, the internal conflict in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is that Ichabod wanted to marry Katrina. Ichabod’s “heart longed for the girl” and he wanted to be with Katrina. Since Brom also fancied Katrina, he was battling…

linger. The Headless Horseman, the spirit that haunts Sleepy Hollow is waiting; waiting for a man named Ichabod Crane. Crane has done nothing wrong to the horseman, in fact he is frightened of him; but the horseman likes to kill for revenge. Not revenge on Ichabod but revenge on the town that killed the horseman. Sadly Ichabod is in that town and finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time. Crane is walking home from a party late at night with fear of the horseman running through his…

major obstacle in his way. The obstacle is Ichabod Crane a school teacher from Connecticut. For Brom to win Katrina’s heart he has to overcome his obstacle. Brom has liked Katrina ever since they were little kids, he has dreamed they would be together forever and eventually marry each other.But since Ichabod is in…