Ichabod's Suspense In The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
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Shivam Patel
Mr. Hamas
English II: Period 2
22 December 2016
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a place full of mystery a suspense. Sleepy Hollow takes place in Tarrytown New York. Tarrytown New York is a creepy place. Ichabod is tall and skinny, with gangly hands and shovel-sized feet. Ichabod is a teacher. Ichabod’s greed towards different things can get him in trouble. Also he has a rivalry against Brom Bones who is know to start fights. Ichabod’s appetite towards women, food, and nature can lead to him getting in huge trouble.
Ichabod Crane has no clue that his appetite for women brings him difficulty. Since Ichabod is a schoolmaster, he walks the little children back home on the holidays. He doesn’t have a place to live so he stays at his students homes “who happen to have pretty sisters, or good housewives for mothers” (2). Ichabod gets attracted to a girl named Katrina Van Tassel. Katrina is “a blooming lass of fresh eighteen” (4) who is “universally famed” by “her vast expectations.” However, Ichabod has a rival, “the hero of the country round” (6) Brom Van Brunt, who is also known as Brom Bones. Brom Bones is a famous guy in town who is known as a guy who is always belligerent. If Ichabod goes against or does something Brom Bones …show more content…
“His appetite for the marvelous [is] extraordinary” (3). He loves reading books like these. Ichabod loves “to stretch himself on the clover bordering the little brook and there con over old Mather’s direful tales in the gathering dusk.” When going back to the farm he is staying at, he hears “every sound of nature” in his imagination. He hears things that no one else around him can hear. By him reading all those types of books, it makes him hear the kind of sounds that he shouldn’t be. Ichabod’s hearing things sounds that no one else can, it can bring him trouble. Some people might think he is crazy and some people might think that he needs
Shivam Patel
Mr. Hamas
English II: Period 2
22 December 2016
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a place full of mystery a suspense. Sleepy Hollow takes place in Tarrytown New York. Tarrytown New York is a creepy place. Ichabod is tall and skinny, with gangly hands and shovel-sized feet. Ichabod is a teacher. Ichabod’s greed towards different things can get him in trouble. Also he has a rivalry against Brom Bones who is know to start fights. Ichabod’s appetite towards women, food, and nature can lead to him getting in huge trouble.
Ichabod Crane has no clue that his appetite for women brings him difficulty. Since Ichabod is a schoolmaster, he walks the little children back home on the holidays. He doesn’t have a place to live so he stays at his students homes “who happen to have pretty sisters, or good housewives for mothers” (2). Ichabod gets attracted to a girl named Katrina Van Tassel. Katrina is “a blooming lass of fresh eighteen” (4) who is “universally famed” by “her vast expectations.” However, Ichabod has a rival, “the hero of the country round” (6) Brom Van Brunt, who is also known as Brom Bones. Brom Bones is a famous guy in town who is known as a guy who is always belligerent. If Ichabod goes against or does something Brom Bones …show more content…
“His appetite for the marvelous [is] extraordinary” (3). He loves reading books like these. Ichabod loves “to stretch himself on the clover bordering the little brook and there con over old Mather’s direful tales in the gathering dusk.” When going back to the farm he is staying at, he hears “every sound of nature” in his imagination. He hears things that no one else around him can hear. By him reading all those types of books, it makes him hear the kind of sounds that he shouldn’t be. Ichabod’s hearing things sounds that no one else can, it can bring him trouble. Some people might think he is crazy and some people might think that he needs