The Hollow Men

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Critique I begin my critique with the title of the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written by an American author named Washington Irving. Washington Irving is famous for this short story along with another one of his stories, Rip Van Winkle. Irving’s short stories were published into one book entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. with his pen name being Geoffrey Crayon. The setting of the story starts with the…

Washington Irving is a writer who authored many short stories and essays in the early nineteenth century. He is the writer of many classical short stories, such as “Rip Van Winkle,” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and “The Devil and Tom Walker,” which are many people’s favorite short stories. However, in many of these stories the portrayal of certain male characters--and their relationships with female characters--have raised the question of whether or not Washington Irving had some questionable…

As the 18th century came to its last years, it granted hope and cheer for futures of men, disregarding class and education. Following that into the 19th century rose a period known as the American Romanticism. The search for individuality became a growing goal for the citizens of America as it removed itself from the British Empire. With independence came the rise of national pride and the popularity of an anti-British doctrine. Especially for American literature, as it progressed and matured…

addictive terror of the unknown. Watch your deepest fears on screen, and let your imagination run wild with these Netflix scary movies. “Sleepy Hollow” (1999) Scare scale: 6/10 This is a movie that’s based on Irving’s’ tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, in which Ichabod, played by Johnny Depp, is a NY detective who is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate multiple murders of people who are found headless in the woods. The local myth is that a ghost of a Hessian trooper who got his…

every day. There appears to be a trend that companies constantly use in order to get consumers to buy their product. Jean Kilbourne states in her "Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt" states that, "Men conquer and women ensnare, always with the essential aid of product" (Kilbourne, 445). Advertisements portray men as superior in order to gain consumers. It isn 't a surprise to see an advertisement where misogyny is being encouraged to lure consumers in buying their product. This misogynistic…

The topic of gender discrimination has lingered as an open wound for decades in cultures across the world. There are countries and societies where women are considered lesser beings. Their opinions disregarded, others claim their bodies and voicing their opinions is often considered outrageous. While these injustices seem foreign and unimaginable in the United States, we have our own plethora of issues. Women aren’t treated as a whole human in dozens of countries and America, unfortunately,…

be considered sex discrimination to give women paid time off (Bernard 213). Another expert opinion the writers includes is A. Lee Parks Jr. opinion. Parks is a civil lawyer and thinks that the policies could and potentially should be different for men and women, but not to an outrageous extent (Bernard 213). These experts’ opinions help strengthen Bernard’s argument because their credibility and knowledge help gain the approval of the audience. Bernard’s argument that biological fathers do not…

insight and differences between their generation and present. For Example, Troy’ father was unsuccessful sharecropper, who Troy as a son, provides a continuation of generation in the south (1.4.110). Troy and Bono childhood experiences of becoming men and moving North after their fathers dead still haunt them (1.4.98). Living in the north provides a generational divide between Troy and his sons, Cory and Lyon who grow up believing in change and dreams in their lives. Troy himself was without…

When you look around, everywhere you go there will be women. We are very essential to this world. It is statistically true that more women live on this earth than men, even though more men are born. At a young age, women are taught to cook, clean, and take care of the children. Men are taught to work hard, go to school to make a lot of money, and take care of the family financially. Even though these standards are influenced in the children today, there is a difference between the way life was…

A coward is a man who fails at attaining courage to do something. The difference between a coward and a brave man is the overthinking of things. The coward is a selfish man who thinks twice unlike the brave man. Men fear what they lack knowledge over, and the brave think they know the obstacle they face. Wilson, Margot, and the lions all support the unmanliness of Macomber coming from his cowardice in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway. Robert Wilson portrays an…