Rip Van Winkle

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Rip Van Winkle

• By
• Washington Irving

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Washington Irving(1783-1859)

• Born at the end of the Revolutionary War.
• He is best known as the first American to make a
  living solely from writing.
• Most of his life spent in Europe
• He received many important honors.
• His imagination in writing frequently drew upon
  his childhood memories.

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American Revolutionary War

• 1. 17751783
• 2. 1776 Declaration of Independence ?lead to
  the Revolutionary War
• 3. Kingdom of Great British ?? 13 British
  colonies in Northern America France Spain

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The twenty years of Rip Van Winkles sleep
overlapping

• 1.England-ruled colonies ?
• the Revolutionary War ?
• American Independence
• 2. The economic shift from a more rural based
  economy to an increasingly urban one in Rip's
  view.

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Skills Irving Used to Make The Story Like A Real
Event

• 1. Descriptions for all the CHARACTERS
• a. Rip Van Winkle
• b. Dame Van Winkle
• c. The Wolf Dog
• d. The strangers in the mountain

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Skills Ivring Use to Make The Story Like A Real
Event

• 2. Descriptions for the SCENE
• a. The general scenery of
• the Katskills mountains
• b. The village
• c. View of Hudson on the mountain
• d. The scenery on the way of Rip Van
• Winkle and his strange companion
• 3. Description for Rips EMOTION

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Self-identity

• Rip Van Winkles identity in the village
• His self-identity before he fell asleep
• Lose of his identity
• New identity in the village

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Works Cited

• http//www.hudsonvalley.org/education/Background/a
  bt_irving/abt_irving.html
• http//www.timetravelreviews.com/shorts/rip_van_wi
  nkle.html
• http//www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/r/r
  i/rip_van_winkle.html