Summary: Washington Irving's work "Rip Van Winkle" is the life story of the title character. Irving begins his work with the narrator explaining the story's origin in three bracketed introductory paragraphs. As the narrator claims, the tale of Rip Van Winkle was found by Diedrich Knickerbocker, a man who studied the history and influence of Dutch immigrants living within upstate New York. Knickerbocker's findings are considered published history and therefore accurate by default. Irving sets the work within the time frame of the late 1760s, during the same time Britain continued to create and manage colonies. With this in mind, Irving begins the work by explaining Rip Van Winkle as a character. He is a great neighbor to all, but unproductive at home. He allows his home life to fall into ruin. He is only responsible for other people's problems, with the exception of his own. Irving moves the story forward by introducing a character, who comes into the story in the form of a voice. The man is dressed in Dutch clothing; and he asks Rip to help him carry his burden, or bags. Their walk leads to other characters sitting and playing a popular Dutch game. Rip spends much time in the village and notices strange things. By the end of Irving's work, Rip is back in his home town; he finds out that the town believes he has died. He tells them of his journey into village. Rip learns his wife has died and now he no longer has to hear her nagging. Irving ends the character in peace.
Author: Washington Irving was born in 1783, in Manhattan, New York. The American Revolution ended the week he was born, and his mother named him after the honorable and brave George Washington. His family encouraged his literary aspirations even if it meant that they had to support him financially. In 1789, there was an outbreak of yellow fever in Manhattan, so Irving's family sent him to stay with a friend in Tarrytown, New York. It was while he was there that he first became acquainted with the town of Sleepy Hollow. Between 1804 to 1806 he toured Europe as a way to improve his health. In 1806, he returned to New York, studied law, and barely passed the bar. In January of 1807, thanks in part to brothers, he created the literary magazine Salmaguri. He wrote under several pseudonyms: Jonathan Oldstyle, William Wizard, and Launcelot Langstaff. In 1809, his seventeen year old fiance died; he mourned her death greatly. He began writing his first book as a way to cope; he published A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker that same year. Diedrich Knickerbocker is the fictional narrator of a lot of Irving's stories, including "Rip Van Winkle." Irving wrote "Rip Van Winkle while staying overnight with his sister and her husband, Henry van Wart, in Birminhang, England.
Analysis: Rip Van Winkle, a figure based on a character from a German folktale. His name is still used to refer to anyone who is content to sleep his life away or who spends much of his time in sleepy idleness. As a character, he is not so much an as-if-real person as he is the embodiment of a common human desire—to sleep through all the trials and tribulations of adulthood and thus to move painlessly from childhood to the second childhood of old age. Diedrich Knickerbocker describes Rip as a simple, good-natured man.
1. For how many years did Rip Van Winkle stay asleep? 2. In "Rip Van Winkle," what is the significance of sleep? 3. “Rip Van Winkle” is a story about the loss and seeking of what?
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ReplyDeleteWashington Irving's work "Rip Van Winkle" is the life story of the title character. Irving begins his work with the narrator explaining the story's origin in three bracketed introductory paragraphs. As the narrator claims, the tale of Rip Van Winkle was found by Diedrich Knickerbocker, a man who studied the history and influence of Dutch immigrants living within upstate New York. Knickerbocker's findings are considered published history and therefore accurate by default. Irving sets the work within the time frame of the late 1760s, during the same time Britain continued to create and manage colonies. With this in mind, Irving begins the work by explaining Rip Van Winkle as a character. He is a great neighbor to all, but unproductive at home. He allows his home life to fall into ruin. He is only responsible for other people's problems, with the exception of his own. Irving moves the story forward by introducing a character, who comes into the story in the form of a voice. The man is dressed in Dutch clothing; and he asks Rip to help him carry his burden, or bags. Their walk leads to other characters sitting and playing a popular Dutch game. Rip spends much time in the village and notices strange things. By the end of Irving's work, Rip is back in his home town; he finds out that the town believes he has died. He tells them of his journey into village. Rip learns his wife has died and now he no longer has to hear her nagging. Irving ends the character in peace.
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ReplyDeleteWashington Irving was born in 1783, in Manhattan, New York. The American Revolution ended the week he was born, and his mother named him after the honorable and brave George Washington. His family encouraged his literary aspirations even if it meant that they had to support him financially. In 1789, there was an outbreak of yellow fever in Manhattan, so Irving's family sent him to stay with a friend in Tarrytown, New York. It was while he was there that he first became acquainted with the town of Sleepy Hollow. Between 1804 to 1806 he toured Europe as a way to improve his health. In 1806, he returned to New York, studied law, and barely passed the bar. In January of 1807, thanks in part to brothers, he created the literary magazine Salmaguri. He wrote under several pseudonyms: Jonathan Oldstyle, William Wizard, and Launcelot Langstaff. In 1809, his seventeen year old fiance died; he mourned her death greatly. He began writing his first book as a way to cope; he published A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker that same year. Diedrich Knickerbocker is the fictional narrator of a lot of Irving's stories, including "Rip Van Winkle." Irving wrote "Rip Van Winkle while staying overnight with his sister and her husband, Henry van Wart, in Birminhang, England.
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ReplyDeleteRip Van Winkle, a figure based on a character from a German folktale. His name is still used to refer to anyone who is content to sleep his life away or who spends much of his time in sleepy idleness. As a character, he is not so much an as-if-real person as he is the embodiment of a common human desire—to sleep through all the trials and tribulations of adulthood and thus to move painlessly from childhood to the second childhood of old age. Diedrich Knickerbocker describes Rip as a simple, good-natured man.
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1. For how many years did Rip Van Winkle stay asleep?
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3. “Rip Van Winkle” is a story about the loss and seeking of what?