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The Legend Of Sleepy Hill Analysis
I pick the picture “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill” because it represents the era the story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” took place in. The plot of Sleepy Hollow revolves around the legend of the Headless Horseman most of the time mainly for suspense and action during Ichabod's encounter and Brom’s exciting tales. The old tale is about a Hessian who has his head carried away by a cannonball during a war (which is most likely the american revolutionary war, since this is what the author Washington Irving has used for the setting for his story). This may seem like it's not relatable to the death of General Warren but in some ways it can be. For example, General Warren was remembered as a Major General in the military

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