he wants everyone to believe that he met up with a band of strange characters in the hills who play ninepins, watch over the Hudson river region, and drink a particularly potent beverage. meanwhile, his wife has died and he has become an old man who can now, without hindrance, carry on his tradition of casting aimlessly about town, telling stories, and smoking his pipe. his wife gave him nothing but grief for his lack of efforts in providing for her and their children and, so, one day he wanders into the mountains and doesn't return for 20 years. Rip was a happy-go-lucky fellow, well-liked by most in his village but thought of as a sort of listless and lazy mooch. but then maybe a lot of such ghost stories have come about due to circumstances similar to those in the story.Īgain, i think Irving gives insight into how a lot of history has unfolded and how certain myths and legends propagate down the timeline. this is more of a tale about the process of Othering than it is a ghost story. laughter as Irving's portrayal of the quintessential know-it-all hipster type and pity at the thick-necked rube who thought it would be a Good Idea to run this man out of town. Having now read it as a full-fledged adult, i can say that it no longer gives me anything but laughter and pity. The very mention of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow made me shiver when i was a boy.
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