Why Ichabod Crane Lived In A Small Town
The story takes place around the time of the American Revolution near Tarrytown, New York. Irving describes the town as trouble free and a place you would get away for a retreat. Many of the people that lived there accepted the idea that the town was bewitched and believed in the stories about all different kinds of supernatural things that happens in the town. Needless to say the town was superstitious. The town seemed to be relaxed, which made them feel comfortable with telling stories about terrifying things going on in their town.
The story is about Ichabod Crane who is a poor school teacher and only works for a few dollars a day. Ichabod takes turns sleeping in his student's house spending a week at a time with each family. Ichabod Crane was well liked by everyone, especially, the farmers because he helped them and the women liked him because he helped out with the children. Ichabod Crane had a voracious appetite and this is one of the reasons he falls in love with Katrina. Her father is a very wealthy farmer. If he married her he could have all the food her desired. Ichabod Crane …show more content…
He was the schoolteacher of Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was a tall skinny man who had huge green eyes and a large hooked nose.
Ichabod's schoolhouse was a small one-room log building. It was brilliantly secured at night, so that a thief could get in but not out.
Ichabod was not a cruel man, but he certainly did not spoil his students. He never gave a chastisement without assuring the pupil that “he would remember it, and thank him for the longest day he had to live.”
He kept on good terms with his students, and after school he would play with the bigger boys. It was to his own benefit that he kept a good relationship with his students; since his salary was so small, he boarded with the farmers whose kids were his students. He would live at one place for exactly a week, moving around the
The story is about Ichabod Crane who is a poor school teacher and only works for a few dollars a day. Ichabod takes turns sleeping in his student's house spending a week at a time with each family. Ichabod Crane was well liked by everyone, especially, the farmers because he helped them and the women liked him because he helped out with the children. Ichabod Crane had a voracious appetite and this is one of the reasons he falls in love with Katrina. Her father is a very wealthy farmer. If he married her he could have all the food her desired. Ichabod Crane …show more content…
He was the schoolteacher of Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was a tall skinny man who had huge green eyes and a large hooked nose.
Ichabod's schoolhouse was a small one-room log building. It was brilliantly secured at night, so that a thief could get in but not out.
Ichabod was not a cruel man, but he certainly did not spoil his students. He never gave a chastisement without assuring the pupil that “he would remember it, and thank him for the longest day he had to live.”
He kept on good terms with his students, and after school he would play with the bigger boys. It was to his own benefit that he kept a good relationship with his students; since his salary was so small, he boarded with the farmers whose kids were his students. He would live at one place for exactly a week, moving around the