Leslie Winkle

Rip Van Winkle is a story based on imagination due to a man sleeping for twenty years. Alan Richardson once said “We are not told why the the imagination (unlike other facilities) would be strongest in infancy’’(38). Imagination is most commonly used by children, that is why this book is a children 's book. For example, the text said, “Sure enough! it is Rip Van Winkle—it is himself! Welcome home again, old neighbor. Why, where have you…

Despite, or perhaps because of, this country’s short history, the American identity is one of the most highly contested and undefinable of intangible ideas. Many of the highly debated abstract concepts are so often and sometimes needlessly argued over because they are indefinable. So much can fall under the categories of these types, like art, love, and poetry, that deems them impossible to narrow down into workable definitions. A blank canvas can be considered art and free verse is somehow…

story of Rip Van Winkle is a story that recounts the experiences of a character named Rip who has fallen asleep and wakes up twenty years later and comes to the realization of the many changes that society has gone through. An example of situational irony in the story can be identified in Rips indifference to his wife Dame Van Winkle, as Rip is consistently bossed and chided by his wife, but he is still satisfied and content. Another example of irony in the story “Rip Van Winkle” is when Rip…

Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” these ideas do not get the attention one would expect, or rather, they do not get the kind of attention one would expect. There is a certain apathy given to the very attributes…

Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, has many characteristics in it. They main characteristics in it is the setting, characters, and events. All of these characteristica impacted either the story or the readers experience of the story. The setting of Rip Van Winkle is in the Revolutionary America time period, given by the portraits in the Inn. It was in New York and took place in the Kaatskill (now Catskill) Mountains. The Kaatskill Mountains are a branch of the great Appalachian family, that…

How I Met Rip Van Winkle Today, I am going to describe to you the very day I met Rip Van Winkle. Yes, I know what you are thinking, that Rip Van Winkle is a fictional children 's story character, and that is not possible! Let me just tell you my story, and prove you wrong. As I was walking out of class on a rainy Thursday afternoon, I stumbled upon a man. This man was dressed quite peculiarly, as if he time traveled here from 200 years ago. He was lying against a curb with a rusted, old…

John Irving was born March 2, 1942, in Exeter, New Hampshire, he was raised by his biological mother, and stepfather. Many events from Irving’s personal life have inspired books that he has written, such as, parent separations, feminism, sexual abuse, and sexual fantasies. Not only have plots been inspired by Irving’s personal life, but also the characters; which often follow Irving’s past experiences. At the age of 15, John Irving’s life was greatly affected after reading, Great Expectations.…

Rip Van Winkle as a Romantic Hero Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by Washington Irving which follows a lazy farmer named Rip, who enjoys helping everyone besides himself and his wife. Rip wanders off into the mountains one day and falls asleep, only to awaken after twenty years have passed. The author endows Rip with various characteristics that portray him as a Romantic Hero. Some of these qualities include being child-like and innocent, disliking women, and going on a journey in…

Magical ale, haunted crews, headless goblins, and witchcraft, all elements of these two short stories by Washington Irving, used to draw the reader’s attention. Both “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” share characteristics of Irving’s love for the areas he visited as a young man, his sense of humor, and a knack for alternative plot development. These pieces more specifically share descriptive settings placed in the same region, as well as Irving’s sarcasm toward gossiping wives…

DREAMS VS REALITY "The yellow woman ." A short story written by Leslie Marmon Silko about a woman who meets a man while she was traveling along the river whom she believed was the "katsnia spirit" . The woman was told stories by her grandfather about a "yellow woman" who was taken by a spirit in the night , she lived with him until she was able to leave and return to her village . The young woman in the story is referred to by the man whom she believes to be is a spirit as "yellow…