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    "May Day! May Day! We’re going down!" Right before impact you are awaken suddenly by a tapping on your shoulder by your teacher and a class full of laughing peers. It happens to everyone at one point or another. Every high school student has been succumbed to a wild daydreaming adventure. In the short story‚ "The secret life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber‚ a man by the name of Walter Mitty can hardly tell reality from his vivid imaginary dreams which undertake him spontaneously as he feuds with

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    short story‚ “Rip Van Winkle”‚ was published in 1819 by American author‚ Washington Irving. The story is about a man who falls in a twenty year slumber. This story is one of the Irving’s prominent works along with “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. The story is set during the colonial times‚ both before and after the American Revolution‚ in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. This story can be considered one of fairytales and folklore. The aspects of ghosts and time travel make the story a fantastical

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    writing with a strong focus on the Romantic style. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” were two of his most famous works‚ which portrayed the romantic ideas of this period. The description of the beauty of the natural world and a belief in the goodness of humanity were key romantic themes that make up large elements of both stories. Through the main figurative elements of Figurative Language‚ Point of View and Imagery‚ Washington Irving portrays the Romantic style in his pair of works

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    Rip Van Winkle” and “The Devil and Tom Walker” are both written by Washington Irving and feature a man living with his wife. Each story depicts their wives in a similar fashion; vicious‚ pestering annoyances that contribute little to nothing towards the well-being of the protagonist. Irving’s general scorn towards women is manifested in a few different ways‚ even looking beyond their blatantly negative descriptions. The first subtle way Irving shows his bias‚ intentional or not‚ is in the way

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    on this excitement in Rip Van Winkle‚ when old Van Winkle return to town after his long slumber he is shocked by the citizens curiosity into his political ideology. The people vigorously ask him questions about who he voted for and wonder if he is supporter of the Brits. Having just fought a war for their freedom the American people must have been very excited. They were facing the unknown‚ the country’s future was in their hands and the American people wanted nothing to get in their way. Rip Van

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    “When the individual feels‚ the community reels”‚ this would suggest that focus on the community is prioritized over that of the individual‚ but Washington Irving saw things differently. Washington Irving was a famous author of American literature born in the late 1700’s. He was popular for his work in short stories. Popular stories of Irving’s included‚ "The devil and Tom Walker"‚ "Rip Van Winkle"‚ and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". In his stories Irving put importance on both the individual and

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    Ripe Figs By Mariah Stevens June 30‚ 2011 Eng Comp II 8:00-10:20 Stokes Ripe Figs This story‚ is my opinion‚ was based on Maman-Nainaine being ready to let Babette go away for the summer. Maman-Nainaine is a very wise lady and has her methods on the way events should happen. Babette is an energetic youngster. The story Ripe Figs by Kate Chopin uses natural imagery‚ contrast‚ and cyclical plotting. Natural Imagery is when the author uses nature to create images in the readers head

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    Rip Van Winkle is one of the most famous pieces of literature in history. The story is about a man who managed to sleep through the entire American Revolution. What seems like a simple representation of American folklore is really a story that holds many underlying meanings. Rip Van Winkle reveals a story of a futile and selfish man who managed to escape his problems and the American dream all together. Washington Irving portrays Van Winkle as a very nice and helpful man but ultimately‚ I found

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    James Thurber and the story of "Rip Van Winkle" written by Washington Irving are similar in many ways. Both characters use dreaming to escape what appear to be drab lives they live. The wife figures in both stories seem to be overbearing and constantly nag each man. Depending on what the reader takes away from each story‚ they can believe the nagging is justified in the actions of the man or the actions of the man are due to the nagging of the wives. After reading both stories‚ the most prominent

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    cliché that is not explicitly written can be used to represent the piece of literature by pulling together all the themes. According to Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language‚ a cliché is “a trite or stereotyped phrase or expression” (422). Writers typically refrain from using clichés because the overuse of a phrase shows a lack of originality. In Washington Irving’s short storyRip Van Winkle” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-Mark‚” clichés were not specifically

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