What Is Rip Van Winkle Admirable

“Rip Van Winkle,” is a character that is part of American mythology. The character trait least evident is, admirable. In the story, we see that his neighbors loved him. Including the men, women and children. Unfortunately, when he was at home he always wanted to leave. He complained about his nagging wife. It seemed he was all too happy to lend a helping hand to his neighbors, but to his own family, it was a different story. To me, that is not admirable. Not when you have a wife and children. When his wife asked if he could help clean up the farm a little bit, he refused. To me, if you truly loved your wife, you would do it to not only make her happy, but to upkeep your land. “Poor rip was at last reduced almost to despair; and his only alternative
He heads home when he awakens with no gun, no wolf, and has little interest to see his wife. “He dreaded to meet his wife.” (72) After he finds his house in shambles, he finds a bunch of villagers and asks where can he find his friends? They reply they were dead. He then asks about his wife. “Where is your mother?” His daughter replied, “Oh she died but a short time since, she broke a blood vessel in a fit of passion at a New- England peddler.” He was quoted then saying, “There was a drop of comfort, at least in this intelligence.” (76) I found this hard to believe, in fact, it disgusted me. Come on, you have been married to this woman for years. He holds little to no emotion when it comes to her. Even if he did not have feelings for her anymore, he had two children with her. For me, that is not admirable, that is just selfishness. He would rather be with the townsfolk then be with his family. “Rip Van Winkles” character was not admirable. He liked to drink and run away from home when things got to tough. After his long twenty year slumber, he learns to find that his wife of two children died, and showed little to no emotion. He was not very close to his nagging wife or his kids, and that in the very least is not