Washington Irving is known as being one of the most famous American authors in history for his fresh take on romanticism. He has created innovative and exciting stories such as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚” “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” and “Rip Van Winkle” that continue to captivate those who read them even today. In these three stories‚ Irving takes a stance on what the early Americas were like as he creates settings full of both mystery and wonder. His settings are symbols of the American landscape’s
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I think that the original piece made by Washington Irving did a better job at conveying its message because the plot was very simple and the theme was easy to identify. The plot of the Vasic 8 short story is much shorter‚ where in the movie there are many added events‚ such as: townspeople being killed by the Horseman and Ichabod’s investigation. The movie’s extensive plot makes the theme uncertain until the very end. However‚ in Irving’s original work the theme is easily identified as
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The Legend of Mulan: A Heroine of Ancient China Hua Mulan (花木蘭) was a legendary heroine from ancient China. She disguised her brother in order to take her father’s place in the army‚ bravely defending her country and gloriously returning home. Her story comes from a legend‚ which was passed down and retold over many years‚ so I still can’t decide whether or not Mulan was a historical person. However‚ I found that some of the facts in her story are based on historical events that date to the Northern
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“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (pages 16- 47) Washington Irving 1. Since the American Revolution is still fresh in the minds of those in Sleepy Hollow he tells the reader how who the Headless Horseman is said to be a ghost of a Hessian trooper who’s head was shot away by a cannonball. 2. In the beginning Irving links two important parts of the story to history the first in the Headless Horseman who was a Hessian trooper and served in the American Revolution which is the base of the supernatural
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I am legend‚ written by Richard Matheson‚ in my opinion is the best dystopian movie ever. To break it down‚ Dr. Robert Neville is abandoned in New York city while the whole city is being evacuated. A virus is spreading throughout the city. In order to evacuate you can’t have the virus‚ but if you do‚ you will be forced to remain in the city and the rest could leave. Dr. Robert decided to stay‚ but he ordered to evacuate his wife and daughter. He was left with they’re dog. During the morning‚ he would
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John legend and common’s song‚ “Glory” is expressing the need of change and to keep moving forward and have faith in progression in racial conflict. The song has covey’s the idea that every man deserves to succeed and have peace and when this is succeeded then they’ll become legends. “Hands to the Heavens‚ no man‚ no weapon/Formed against‚ yes glory is destined/Every day women and men become legends” (lines 7-9). With this John Legend and Common are stressing the racial issues that we were struggling
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In a certain place there lived a lumberjack by the name of Manny. He lived in a small shack outside of a small town named Bushel Neck. One day‚ while walking in the town square‚ the wooden pieces of his wagon broke. He took an ax‚ and set forth to find some wood. He found a large pine tree at the ocean’s shore‚ and said aloud‚ "Now this is a large tree. If I chop it‚ I will have wood enough to rebuild my wagon ten times better and still have enough to sell and build a new home." Having thought it
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Recently it came out that Ami Brown of Alaskan Bush People totally missed a visit from her estranged family. Ami’s mom went up to Alaska to visit her‚ but Ami and the family were in Hawaii during that time and they never even got to see each other. Now Ami Brown’s mom Earlene Branson is sharing her side of the story‚ and she isn’t very happy that her big 83rd birthday didn’t turn out that way she had planned. All that she had hoped for was to see Ami and hopefully‚ work things out with her after
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Not too long ago‚ up in Heaven‚ there was a kitten named Peewee. He was soft‚ cuddly and small enough to fit into a lunchbox. His fur was so snowy white that he might have gotten lost among the clouds except for two things. He had light brown spots on his ears and head‚ and he had a light brown striped tail. Because of this‚ everyone could see him coming and going. “What was this kitten doing in Heaven?” you might ask. The answer is that he was born on Earth only four weeks ago‚ but he didn’t
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Everyone in the orphanage knew the new one was strange. She showed up on the doorsteps with no information. As she grew‚ she continued this confusing pattern. She never played with the other children‚ never payed attention in class‚ and always caused trouble. Although‚ no one ever proved her guilty‚ so she escaped punishment. After these events‚ the other inhabitants finally named her – Mania. She went through the years‚ always living up to her name. She lived in almost every orphanage in Nicaragua
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