Compare And Contrast Brom Bones And Sleepy Hollow

Who hasn’t heard of the 1820 short story, The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow written by Washington Irving? It’s old enough for pretty much everyone to know. Then protagonist, Ichabod Crane, and the antagonist, Brom Van Brunt or Brom Bones both have similarities and differences. For example, Ichabod was teacher. On the other hand, Brom Bones was a farmer. To show they have similarities, both of them love the same woman, Katrina Van Tassel.

Ichabod is much different from Brom Bones. For example, there are characteristics for Ichabod like, he is tall, skinny, and smart. Unlike Brom Bones, he is a teacher. He also isn’t from Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod is an itinerant who worked in one town to teach all the children at school. With his long arms, long, large green eyes, and lanky shoulders, he is usually being laughed at by his students. Not only does he teach, but he also taught signings. He also loved to read about witchcraft and was scared of ghost and ghouls! In paragraph 5 it states, “He loved to pass long winter evenings with old Dutch wives as they sat spinning by the fire, and listened with interest to their tales of ghosts and goblins-in particular, the legend of the headless horseman and also isn’t from Sleepy Hollow. But the pleasure in all this

But on the other hand Ichabod is a teacher, Brom Bones is a farmer. He isn’t much like Ichabod. While Ichabod stands tall and lanky, Brom Bones is more like strong and rough. In paragraph 8 it states, “With all his roughness, there was a strong dash of good humor at the bottom.” Unlike Ichabod, Brom Bones does not read books about witchcraft. In fact, he was the one that made up the story about the headless horseman. Brom Bones wasn’t smart like Ichabod, but he was worldly smart. When Ichabod and Brom Bones started wooing Katrina, he came out to marry her at the end. Lastly, they both of course lvin in the same town, but unlike Ichabod, Brom Bones is from Sleepy