Negative Effects Of Rip Van Winkle By Washington Irving

During the 1800s, there were three important authors who focused on the past and inner human nature. However, the two most important authors were Washington Irving and Edgar Allen Poe. Irving focused more on nature and the inner world of human nature. While Poe focused on the inner world of human nature and the past. Romantic Literature is primarily concerned with nature, the inner world of human nature and the past.

You're free and lost in the void, you're unable to stop because you've lost all momentum. There simply is nothing, but numbness, and the vast emptiness of your mind. I feel my body almost levitate off the ground. I feel as though I'm ascending to a higher plane, leaving this filth behind. I'm the future, I'm the 21st Century, marvel at splendor as I send us forth into numbness. Let me guide my generation off the cliff into oblivion.

“Rip Van Winkle” is a classic American Mythological story that tells the tale of a man who sleeps for twenty years after drinking a mysterious drink. Rip Van Winkle is a very lazy, American man who one day, ventures off into the woods with his dog named Wolf. While in the woods, he finds a group of men playing Skittles and drinking liquor in the middle of an amphitheater. He joins them, and drinks some of their alcohol, but he soon passes out. When he awakens, twenty years have passed, and he missed the Revolutionary War, his children growing up, and even his wife passing away. What characteristics make this folklore such a classic fable in American literature? The story is set in the past, features exaggerated and strange characters, and

"Rip Van Winkle" has been a well-known story told throughout time. There is not a doubt that as a child, many of you heard the words of Washington Irving's famous tale of the man who slept for twenty years. Nor can one forget the "elves" that Rip Van Winkle spent the night with in the amphitheater. Like many stories, Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" has been told so many times throughout American history that it has lost its original purpose. The story is now remembered for its fairy tale like quality and its appeal to the children and the young at heart. However, when given the chance to delve into the depths of what Irving was trying to portray, one may see the

Edgar Allan Poe once said, “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” Edgar Allan Poe is among many authors as one of the most influential writers of all time. Edgar Allan Poe had a unique writing style that no one else did. He impacted many people and still impacts many to this day. He was one to build on the idea of horror and expand the concept of it. Many of Poe’s works are still available today, and his poems are still some of the most famous around. Not only is Poe’s work some of the best anyone has ever seen, and the message he leaves with people is new to others. His tragic early life was the main cause of his affection for horror.

I remember falling asleep, but I don’t remember being in a bed. I had fallen asleep in the hall due to my emotional state. My body didn’t need the sleep. My mind did. I’m actually happy I did. It got my mind off all my problems and sorrows for a good while. I sit up, pushing the unfamiliar blankets off my body. I’m in a strange hard bed in a foreign room. Everything around me feels new and alien. This isn’t my dull little prison. This room is slightly decorated with light brown walls and a dresser covered with random things.

Many people experience what is commonly referred to as being “stuck in a rut” at some point in their lifetime. Whether it's being fired from a job or a lack of purpose, it causes people to feel literally stuck in their place in life, incapable of breaking out of it. Sometimes, the only way to relieve the feeling of being trapped is to remove yourself from the truth of the situation, but this is not always a favorable option. In both “Rip Van Winkle” and “Tonight is a Favor to Holly,” the characters experience their own version of reality, separate from those around them. This loss of what is real causes the characters to become distant from the people in their lives.

For twelve years’ students do the same thing over and over again Monday through Friday for nine months out of the year, which is wake up early to go to school, take five to six classes a day, do homework, and take tests. John Gatto has taught for thirty years in many school some good and some bad, and with so many years of experience he’s learned that boredom is everywhere. Many kids where asked why they felt bored and they all pretty much answered the same way saying that the work was dumb and it made no sense or that they already knew about it. According to Gatto,” They said they wanted to be doing something real, not just sitting around. They said teachers didn’t seem to know much about their subject, and clearly weren’t interested in learning

My mind was stuck in my routine that I had been doing for years. I went to school every morning, in the small cream colored buildings with colorful murals on every wall from the art kids. I laughed with my friends outside during lunch with music playing and kids dancing around us. At the end of the day, I would talk to my old English teacher about anything and everything, the teacher who

In reading the Top 10 Thing Middle- School Students Wish You Knew, Rachel Vail states that middle schoolers “sometimes I just can’t focus.” I agree with that statement. I want to learn, I just have the urge to daydream. Daydreaming is an escape mechanism which I have always done. I've realized that one must be focused in order to maintain good grades, which I find very challenging. When I find myself daydreaming, I sometimes have to pinch myself to get back on task. Even while reading I find my mind wandering the pages. None of these habits are good to have in order to keep your grades high.

When Irving was growing up, he had never planned or expected him to become a pilot. Now, as the youngest and first African-American to fly solo around the world, Irving has proved to the world that nothing can stop him from his dream. When he was 18, he turned down the football scholarship and decided to study aviation in college. This random decision of his made his family and friends think that he was crazy. But after years of hard working and studying, he graduated from the college. After graduation, he planned to fly around the world. This time, the media hit Irving hard, people refused to provide him money or equipment, people think he would not return from this expedition because he is too young and inexperienced. But as he spread his

Your environment is distracting and noisy. You keep running back and forth for equipment such as pencils, erasers, dictionaries, and etc. Your desk is cluttered and unorganized and sometimes you even sit or lay on your bed to study or do your assignments. All of these examples that you just heard promote time wasting and frustration which prohibits you from staying concentrated.

Edgar Allan Poe’s influence on American literature was nothing short of great; not only was he the creator of the detective story and the horror thriller, but he also influenced many great writers, among those William Faulkner and Fyodor Dostoevsky. While Poe is best known for his horror thrillers, being the creator of that particular genre, he has also fashioned two other literary genres, like the detective and the science fiction genre. Throughout his life, Poe read, reviewed, and critiqued many books for various magazines and papers. Poe did not hesitate to attack what he deemed inferior. “Is purely too imbecile to merit an extended critique,” he once wrote of a novel. Because of his readiness to attack what he believed to be unworthy,

The Romantic era writers, Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe, had many similarities but even more differences, in both writing theme and style. This is very evident in their works, “Rip Van Winkle”, by Irving, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Poe.

What do you do when your bored? You probably pick up your phone or get on your Xbox, but in reality, boredom is an important aspect in life. Boredom is surprisingly good for our brains. It can strengthen your attention networks, and other parts of your brain. When your bored, part of your brain is in introspection mode, which allows you to daydream, imagine things, etc. Even though boredom can sometimes lead to destructive anxiety its still important to our health.