Differences Between Sleepy Hollow Book And Movie

Have you ever compared a movie to a story and found that there are many similarities and differences? Short story writers such as Washington Irving, Katherine Anne Potter, and Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote modern and contemporary pieces of literature that have many examples of literary components that are similar and different. When analyzing the literary components of the short stories, you are able to compare and contrast the setting, plot, and characters from the movie and the story. The setting of a story portrays the place where events in a story occur. In movies, the setting is portrayed through the screen in the picture, that the audience can see. While, in stories, the author has to use mood, tone, and description to help the reader

In the movie starts with Ichabod Crane seen in New York City, as a police inspector, who has been assigned to go to the town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate the recent murders. While in the story, Ichabod Crane was a schoolmaster in Tarrytown. I think the producer had the name of the town be Sleepy Hollow because it is a commonly known name that his audience would know. I also think he changed the name to show that the movie is scary and spooky. Another difference between the movie and the story of Sleepy Hollow was, in the movie, the town where the events occurred was known as Sleepy Hollow; however in the story, the town was known as Tarrytown. Sleepy Hollow was the name of the valley in the story. I think the producer had Ichabod Crane in New York City as the police, instead of being the schoolmaster in Tarrytown, so that the producer would be able to elaborate and expand the original story. By having Ichabod Crane as a police officer, the producer was able to create other characters that were killed by the horseman. This made the movie more interesting. Another story and movie that had a difference in setting was The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. In the movie, Granny went to a chicken hen to