RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

from: Farah Razimi
Title: Rip Van Winkle
Author: Washington Irving

Summary

There was a small town in Amerika. Near this town have some very beutiful mountains with many trees on them. The mountains were beutiful, but they were strange too. These story is about an old man. The man name is Rip Van Winkle. He din't like to work. He have wife,daughter and son. He love his dog name Wolf. He like to stay at bar in his village, talk with his friend a hole day and everyday. His wife always nag at him because he doesn't want to work. One day he go to the mountain and sleep at a big tree. when he open his eye he feel so different, he want go back to his house but suddenly he heard someone call his name. When he look at back he saw a old men with white hair and long beard. Rips follow the man into the jungle, he drink with the old and old man friend until he get drunk. When he open his eye the man and the others man disappear, he look at himself, he get old, like the old man he met before this. Then he back to his town, he look everything changes, he find his family but they doesn't there, he go to the bar, but the bar is change too. Suddenly he meet someone, his daugther, and his daughter was so suprise to see him. He is totally different. Actually he disappear for twenty years old, but he just slept for two days at the jungle. Finally, Rips lived with his daughter and her family. Rips son lived with them but he din't work on the farm. Rips din't work because he was old. He played with their children and talked to the man in The Union Hotel.



Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The second story is happen in small town name Tarry Town near the Hudson River. Sleepy Hollow was a place near the town. Ichabod Crane is a teacher at Tarry Town. He like to hear story about ghost. He also like Katrina Van Tassel, daughter Mr. Van Tassel with big farm and many fruit and Brom Van Brunt, he also like Mr. Van Tassel daughter, katrina. One night Mr. Van Tassel invite Ichabod and Brom Van Brunt to get a dinner and dance in his house. When Ichabod dance with Katrina Brunt get jelous suddenly Brunt story about a ghost rider and he din't have a head and he lived in sleepy hollow. Ichabod believe with Brunt story about the ghost. When he on the ways go back to his house at sleepy hollow he saw someone behind him. He was afraid, and he remember Brunt story about the ghost rider. Near him was a strong man and he din't have a head. It was a ghost. After the night Ichabod wasn't in the town also at school. people said he was dead. Katrina married Brunt. Lastly Brunt had Katrina, and her father farm without Ichabod.


This book is mistery and horror. Its also quiet suspend and exciting expirience. This book is very easy to understand because he use a very simple word. About the picture for me its help me to understand about what he want we to imagine actually, and its easy to me to know what he want to tell us actually. This book is also help me to improve my language in english to learn more. The interesting story make me to read more. In this book of course i like the main character, Rip Van Winkle, he being two character in one story. About the second story i more like Brunt character because he be a evil man but he's smart. He get what he want with his intelligent mind.