“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” The story chosen for this was “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. This story is very interesting. The story genre is a Speculative Fiction. The story is written by Washington Irving. The story helped take Irving to fame. He wrote this book because as a kid, he heard stories about the subject too. He also says that he heard an old Dutch Legend which influenced him to write the story. The story is very good for giving the feeling of curiosity and other emotions. The overall story is very interesting and fun to read. The events and dialogue contribute to the development of the story. The events that happens contribute because for everything that occurs, there is an effect to it, the events also help make the story …show more content…
The first obvious problem is that Ichabod has wishes to marry Katrina who is known for her beauty and wealth. The problem with this is that Brom likes the same girl as him, which sparks conflict. The second conflict in the story is the supernatural occurrences that claim to happen in the town, which is later on in the story used against Ichabod. The story starts to rise when Ichabod meets Katrina. Ichabod starts to realize the riches and the things he would be able to get from her and he then wants to marry her. Although he wants to marry her, someone else does too, Brom. When Brom finds out, there is a rivalry between the two and Brom now wants Ichabod gone. So now with Ichabod liking the same girl as Brom, he looks to take advantage of Ichabod's fear of the supernatural events that he has heard occurred in the town. He pulls many pranks but not much damage is done. Ichabod then gets a proposal to go to a party. He goes to the party and then stays after but he leaves soon after for the reason that Katrina somehow had upset him. While heading back, it is very dark, in the darkness Ichabod sees something that seems to be the Headless Horseman. He went to the bridge, which was the last time he was known to be there. No one has seen Ichabod, but it was heard he was alive, spreading his story to others. Brom then gets to marry Katrina, people say he pulled off a good
A philosopher named Paul Brunton said, “We should control our appetite, otherwise we will lose ourselves in the confusion of the world.” Washington Irving’s short story, “The legends of sleepy hollow” spins a tale about Ichabod Crane's experiences as a city teacher, while living in a magical place known as Sleepy Hollow. Appetite defines Ichabod Crane in the three following ways: food, wealth, and superstitions.
... this are what create characters in a story, characters like Abner Snopes and Sarty. They explain to you indirectly the questions that you might have, like "What the cause of Abner's cruel-heartedness is". Conflicts like Sarty's struggle within himself over the love and hatred he has for his father are created throughout the entire story, but the reader feels this conflict almost entirely through descriptive paragraphs like the one above.
First and perhaps most essential to any story is the plot. The plot is defined as,
Intertwined with this short story is a love story, or rather a story of pure lust and greed. Ichabod Crane was in ?love? with a girl named Katrina Van Tassel. Katrina was the daughter of the wealthy and prosperous landowner, Heer Van Tassel. Ichabod?s pursuit of Katrina was for purely physical and lustful reasons. His...
It tells the story of a school teacher who is enamored by the daughter of a wealthy
A narrative is specified to amuse, to attract, and grasp a reader’s attention. The types of narratives are fictitious, real or unification or both. However, they may consist of folk tale stories, mysteries, science fiction; romances, horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads, slice of life, and personal experience (“Narrative,” 2008). Therefore, narrative text has five shared elements. These are setting, characters, plot, theme, and vocabulary (“Narrative and Informational Text,” 2008). Narrative literature is originally written to communicate a story. Therefore, narrative literature that is written in an excellent way will have conflicts and can discuss shared aspects of human occurrence.
This can also be described as the way story events are distributed within the film by the plot. This distribution results in narration. Range and depth of information are the most important considerations when distributing story events for narrative purposes. Bordwell & Thompson, 2004, p.87
Washington Irving’s short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” was adapted into a movie titled “Sleepy Hollow” directed by Tim Burton nearly two centuries after the original publication. When the story was adapted as a film, several extensive changes were made. A short story easily read in one sitting was turned into a nearly two-hour thriller, mystery, and horror movie by incorporating new details and modifying the original version of the story. The short story relates the failed courtship of Katrina Van Tassel by Ichabod Crane. His courtship is cut short by the classic romance antagonist-the bigger, stronger, and better looking Broom Bones. Ichabod wishes to marry Katrina because of her beauty but also because of the wealthy inheritance she will receive when her father, Baltus Van Tassel and stepmother, Lady Van Tassel die. However, the film tells the story of Ichabod Crane as an investigator who is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the recent decapitations that are occurring. These modifications alter the original story entirely, thus failing to capture the Irving’s true interpretation of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The film and the original story have similarities and differences in the plot, characters, and setting.
The importance of a story is to have a purpose and meaning, through this, people are able to engage and learn with what is being told to them, it has to have a connection to the past, bringing it to the present and to involve both the body and mind senses. Through storytelling the audience should gain an understanding and have a sense of emotion touched and come alive, they should also be able to explore the possibilities within their culture and feel a deep connection to country.
The narratives is a necessary component. The narratives lead the audience to think about the event that the speaker talked about. Expression of values and goals is the main aim of narratives. (Hampton, 2004) stated that stories provide frames for understanding experiences, explaining and solving problems, and giving emphasis to moral value.
At a point in all mortal’s existence, there will be a moment when their soul is between two states of being, waiting to be judged. Without the fearlessness and faith to move on to the afterlife, they will spend eternity stuck in purgatory. When T. S. Eliot wrote “The Hollow Men,” he used symbolism, imagery, and repetition to share his insight to address the lack of courage and faith that plagues every human being.
...verything around us is made by our actions. Positive or negative they cause an effect that will ultimately lead to a different story base on how we interpret life. Narrative elements are used as a bridge by the directors in their film to create any master plot that is currently known. Any modification at any narrative element used by the director at important moments inside the story can help you portray a different master plot. This used of narrative elements can be best described as an ever changing process that takes place inside an individual’s head. Depending on the individual that may be exposed to those narrative elements can create different meanings. This new interpretation can be different for everyone. We have to be aware that one change in the surface scenery can lead to many ideal outcomes in our minds and that is the main power the audience has.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe is a short story that dives into the mind of an insane man. The story only features five characters. There is an old man with a blue eye, the crazed killer, and three police. The story is narrated by the nameless murderer. It is his attempt to justify his behavior and to prove to the reader that he is not crazy. As the story goes on you come to the realization that he is actually insane. The characters in this story are complex, interesting, and elaborate.
It might be pertinent and helpful here to first discuss the structure of the narrative itself, for there are several elements in the sequencing of the discourse that contribute in no small way to the overall effect of the narration/narrator. The narrative begins in media res (beginning in the midst of the action at a crucial junct...
Being invited to a friend’s house the other day, I began to get excited about the journey through the woods to their cabin. The cabin, nestled back in the woods overlooking a pond, is something that you would dream about. There is a winding trail that takes you back in the woods were their cabin sits. The cabin sits on top of a mountain raised up above everything, as if it was sitting on the clouds.