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    many reasons. One reason is because of the famous legend of Sleepy Hollow. Ossining is located near the town of Sleepy Hollow. The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is best known for a lot of things and mostly for itś famous stories . It’s a well known cemetery . Viola Allen was buried there as well . Many important people has been there to visit‚ its famous cemetery. This cemetery has been in many movies as well. Itś located in Sleepy hollow new york 10591. This cemetery was built in 1849. Itś a really

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    Sleepy Hollow‚ directed by Tim Burton‚ is a film inspired by the Headless Horseman ledged. A well known detective named Ichabod Crane is sent away from New York to Sleepy Hollow‚ an isolated town to solve the murders of three people in Sleepy Hollow. Along the way‚ Crane falls in love‚ faces his biggest fears and faces a supernatural. Burton’s use of cinematography‚ mise-se-scene and sound build an atmosphere of suspense. The three major scenes that display suspense in this film are The Cave Witch

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    strong feelings on it. When you believe in something you are‚ in my opinion‚ more likely to see it or think you’ve seen it. In Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚” Irving tells a story of just this type of situation. Article Analysis In Greg Smith’s “Supernatural Ambiguity and Possibility in Irving’s ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’‚”‚ Smith makes many claims on the occurrences in the story. One of the claims that stuck out to me the most was how he talks about how rather or not the headless

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    Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is a short story that was written by Washington Irving in 1820 and then was later on turned into a movie in 1999 by Tim Burton. The short story “Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is based on a well-known legend of the headless horseman in the small town of sleepy hollow. This short story tells the tale of the alleged disappearance of the main character‚ Ichabod Crane. This story‚ leaves you guessing as to what is the truth about Ichabod Crane’s disappearance? While in the movie‚ it is

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    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is based on an old fashioned story. The story is about a beautiful young girl named Katrina‚ she is a daddy’s girl that will always get her way with her parents. There is this boy named Ichabod and he is a very tall‚ ugly dorky school teacher and he had always had his eye out for Katrina. Well another boy comes around named Broom Van Bryant his nickname is Brom Bones‚ he is very popular‚ charming‚ loves scaring people‚ strong‚ good-looking and well-liked. Throughout this

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    The Giver: Compare and Contrast essay Have you ever read a book and imagine something that was totally different than what the movie had? In your opinion‚ was your imagination better? Even though movies take away the imagination that the books give‚ books give more of imagination and more detail than the movies and you can’t visualize what is happening when watching a movie. The setting in the movie and the book were very similar. In the book they described it as a utopian community where the

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    F: Specific Introduction C: Use of Transitions A: 2 comparisons 2 Contrasts Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman There are many forms of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In some cases there are movies made‚ and in others there is an actual story has been created‚ most of which that have different authors or creators. I have found two movies‚ and one story that are about the scary headless horseman‚ all of which I find very interesting

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    The book and movie Jumanji they are very similar and different in many ways. They are very similar by their tone they are both mysterious‚ but they are also very different. Paragraph one will be the tone of the movie. Paragraph two will be tone of the book. Paragraph three will be the difference between the book and the movie. First‚ tone of the Jumanji movie is mysterious. In the first scene of the movie when the two kids are burying the box the kid says its after him he says it like a little boy

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    the setting for the short story of Sleepy Hollow. However this town has been plagued with the presence of the Headless Horseman. In the story the school teacher‚ Ichabod Crane‚ tries to swoon the heart of the fair Katrina Van Tassel. When he is rivaled by the devious Brom Bones. In the movie however; Ichabod is a constable from New York sent to solve the murders of three people. All of which were killed in the same way; decapitation. In the story‚ Sleepy Hollow seems like a quaint little town. With

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    Do you prefer reading or watching the book Wonder? I would rather watch because‚ I am a visual learner. The movie has a better idea of expressing how the characters feel such as Auggie‚ Jack‚ Julian‚ and Summer. In my opinion‚ the movie has more creativity other than the book‚ where it adds non-sense. The movie shows us a visual picture of Auggie’s life and how hard it was for him. The book tells us the events that happen but‚ doesn’t show us. In the movie Wonder‚ Auggie and Jack got into a fight

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