Ichabod's Symbolism In The Ledged Of Sleepy Hollow

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The Ledged of Sleepy Hollow
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Sleepy hollow is a good story to read I really did not think that I would like it but I do. It is about Ichabod Crane and how he loves Katrina Van Tassel and tries to win her love and how she has other suiters that want her. Sleepy hollow talks about how the town is different from most towns and about the Horseman. It talks about how Ichabod is a schoolteacher and how he is with his students. In “The Ledged of Sleepy Hollow”, Washington uses a lot of symbolism to setup a whimsical air to the story.
Ichabod Crane is a unique character that is for sure the way he inscribed and talked about by Washington tells you that. He describes him to be different from everyone in town he says that he is tall and skinny with a strange head. Ichabod is a schoolteacher who is described as strict and mean but not cruel to his students he is strict with the students he knows can takes it but the weaker ones he is gentle and kind with. Ichabod was not hated but his student for the way that he was. He is not just a schoolteacher he is also a singing master and that is how …show more content…

This how Ichabod sees Katrina but when he found out that her family had land and animals he really fell for her. But he was not her only suiter she had others cause she was the beautiful one the town. Brom Bones was another suiter of Katrina’s and he was also one of Ichabod’s biggest threats. When Brom finds out about Ichabod’s love for Katrina’s he gets jealous and starts to mess with Ichabod by using his fears against him. Ichabod is a big believer in the supernatural it is easy to scare him and Brom tries to make “everything topsy-turvy, so that the poor schoolmaster began to think all the witches in the country held their meetings” in sleepy

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