The Hero In Ichabod Crane's Sleepy Hollow

Ichabod Crane is an anti-hero in that he is the tale’s Hero and has some decent qualities, but has serious flaws make him not commendable and these faults will end him. He is a teacher, but he does not seem invested in his pupils, and he is only well educated in relation to the others in the town. He is obsessed with the paranormal apart from spiritual faith, in spite of his education. This in itself is not enough to make him foolish, but he fails to realize that he is the agent of his own undoing in that he makes himself scared just to walk home at night.

In addition, this opening section makes clear that, although Ichabod is popular with the ladies of Sleepy Hollow for his gossip and his relatively advanced education, he would not be much of a catch as a husband he can barely support himself, is homeless, and seems to have a mistaken idea of his own worth. The narrator, Diedrich Knickerbocker, uses irony and sarcasm when giving Ichabod accolades for what skills he has, such as his singing voice. Ichabod Crane also has a “speaking name” in that he looks like a crane, a kind of bird. He is an outsider compared to the residents of the town, which has gone on its way with its own traditions for a

The dichotomy that Crayon makes throughout The Sketchbook is between storied Europe and young, unstoried America. But Sleepy Hollow is filled with people who are descended from its original settlers; it is, therefore, full of stories and legends, although still relatively young compared to European villages. Sleepy Hollow has a quality that is rare in early America—its inhabitants have all lived there for generations, instead of moving around frequently. This allows histories and legends to be built and passed on in a way that would otherwise be