Sleepy Hollow

Scarecrow(Master of Fear) Imagine your deepest darkest fears coming alive! Scarecrow also known as Jonathan Crane is a villain in American comic books. Scarecrow's is mostly a adversary of Batman and Robin. Scarecrow was created in the fall of 1941 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. In fact he was one of Batman's earliest foes. First things first is Scarecrows origin. Jonathan Crane was a psychology professor who had gotten rejected by all the educators because of the attire he wore. Crane was…

Stephen Crane was introduced to the gruesome world on November 1, 1871. Crane was the youngest of 14. Sadly, he was one of nine that managed to survive. Crane moved from place to place like ants do when carrying food. Crane’s dad, a Methodist minister, unfortunately, died on February 16, 1880. Still, his family moved like a madman. On most free time that Crane had he would spend it writing. Later on, Crane got a scholarship to play baseball at Syracuse University. However, in very little time…

Plays and stories are different in many ways, but they are also similar in many ways also. Do you ever watch a play and think of how it’s different or similar to the book? Well I did when I saw The Necklace, The Monkey’s Paw, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Jumping Frog, and The Tell Tale Heart. I did find some differences and similarities from the book and the play, here are some. One way that plays are different from books is that in a play you can see what they are talking about so what you…

In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”, published in 1824 by Washington Irving, a conversion from an illustrative, descriptive tone to a revealing tone is a technique the author uses to give the reader an insight into the selfishness and greed of the character Tom Walker and his wife. Many literary elements are used in writings from this period in time and even writings from the present in order to convey a lesson, or moral, for the person reading to take away from the piece of literature…

In a world without the different ideas from authors, readers would be reading the same types of stories without any diversity. There would be only one theme of a story until a brave author would break away from the chain and make a different type of story. Sure, the writer of the story would be rejected from society for a while, but the story they wrote will change the views of future author’s writing. Literature throughout history has shown many various ideas of themes. One of the most…

Cordell Winward The songs on Ichabod Crane’s playlist would have songs about being ravenous, superstitious, and smart. The first song on his playlist is “Just Eat It” by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Washington Irving wrote “The revenue arising from his school was scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread bread, for he was a huge feeder…” (18). “Weird Al” Yankovic sings about this with being ravenous with these lyrics “So eat it, just eat it/ Have some more chicken/ Have some more pie/ Open…

“The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane takes place at the Palace Hotel near a train station in Nebraska. The proprietor of this hotel, that is strategically painted to attract customers, is an Irishman named Pat Scully. Every morning Scully goes to the train station to “work his seduction on any man that he might see wavering, gripsack in hand”. One winter morning he collars three passengers, a “shaky and quick-eyed Sweden”, a cowboy and a “little silent man from the East”. Upon arrival, the guest…

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.…

The Life of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Crane is the author of the American Literary Classics such as : Red Badge of Courage, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Open Boat, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, and The Blue Hotel. These are his most regarded writings. What made the writings so highly regarded was how Crane was able to bring a realistic impression in his writings that makes the reader feel immersed; experiencing what the characters are…

The key informant for this interview was Diane Pecora, a paraprofessional at Cesar Batalla School in Bridgeport. Cesar Batalla is an elementary school, grades K-8, and is south of the Hallow. Many of the Hollow resident’s children attend Cesar Batalla School. • Tell me about your role as a paraprofessional at Cesar Batalla School? I have been a paraprofessional for eighteen years for the Bridgeport School system. Prior to working at Cesar Batalla, I worked at Elias Howe School. A…