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    of New York. We’re going to Horseman’s Hollow! Sammy asked what it was and Saige said it was a haunted amusement park will different s one of the scariest parks in New York. Thats awesome Sammy

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    Despite the evidence that Washington Irving uses to show his love for America in his stories‚ he portrays some characters in the Devil and Tom Walker and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as greedy. Irving shows concern for America by placing stories in uniquely American moments. In this essay I will prove through passages and quotes from Irving’s stories that he shows his love for America in his stories and portrays some characters as greedy in the two stories. The historical settings of these

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    with Tim Burton’s artistically stylistic mind. Burton has the talent to come forward with his unique‚ different vision and create film after film with his alternatively artistic ideas. In Beetlejuice a warped sense of reality can be seen‚ then in Sleepy Hollow his unique vision emerges with the comically black Headless Horseman and his lair‚ and then in Planet of the Apes his stylistic retelling of the ’68 story with his own twisted style gives insight into his vivid imagination. Looking at concept art

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    bible. In the end‚ the devil took his soul and he learned a lesson he cannot forget. Another of Irving’s works The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚ demonstrates the power than superstition can have over people. Ichabod Crane was a very careful man who avoided walking under ladders‚ crossing black cats‚ or tipping over the salt shaker. When Ichabod heard the legend of sleepy hollow‚ he was so frightened even then simplest of noises like cattails beating on a log‚ scared him. The characteristics of Irving’s

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    In Rip Van Winkle‚ Rip is described as a “simple good natured man‚ a kind neighbor‚ and an obedient hen-pecked husband.”(275) In “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”‚ Irving describes Ichabod Crain as being “tall‚ but exceedingly lank‚ with narrow shoulders‚ long arms and legs‚ hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves‚ feet that might have served for shovels‚ and his whole frame most loosely hung together

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    Washington Irving was born on April 3‚ 1783 in New York City‚ New York. He was born the youngest of 11 children. His parent were Scottish-English immigrant whose names were William Sr. and Sarah Irving. He was named after George Washington who at the time had just completed the American Revolution. He was educated privately and started writing essays under the pen name Jonathan Oldstyle for a publishing company called the Morning Chronicle. The Morning Chronicle was edited by his older brother

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    Chasing Redbird

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    My story (Chasing Redbird) is about a thirteen year old girl named Zinnia Taylor who lives in Bybanks Kentucky. She has many brothers and sisters! There names are May‚ Ben‚ Will‚ Sam‚ Bonnie‚ and Gretchen. They live in a house with their parents. They share a house with their Aunt and uncle. Zinny always feels like she is invisible. She has no hope in life at all since her cousin Rose dies when she was little. From there on she was different. A while after her death‚ her Aunt Jessie dies unexpectedly

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    Washington Irving is a man who is questioned for being misogynistic or not. I believe Washington Irving wasn’t to be blamed for how the main characters are treated in his stories. I would blame at the time frame Washington Irving was living in. Irving lived from 1783 to 1859; in this timeline‚ women were viewed as caretakers of the family. Certain men had a different view of women such as being nuisance‚ a problem‚ or someone who is not trustworthy. There may have been stories from men that could

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    Johnny Depp John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II born June 9‚ 1963‚ was born in Owensboro‚ Kentucky. He was raised in Florida as the youngest of four children. His mother was Betty Sue Palmer‚ a waitress‚ and John Christopher Depp‚ a civil engineer. The family moved frequently during Depp’s childhood‚ and he and his siblings lived in more than 20 different locations‚ settling in Miramar‚ Florida‚ in 1970. In 1978‚ Depp’s parents divorced when he was fifteen. His mother married‚ as her second husband

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    In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow women are never referred to as being nothing more than housewives. Also Irving’s writing gives the impression that men only value Women for courting reasons; this can be seen through Crane’s attempts to win over Van Tassel. In the other two short

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