1. Rip Van Wikle Vs. America
Crevecoeur wrote a very famous piece entitled, Letters from an American Farmer. ... In one of his more famous tale Irving created a character by the name of Rip Van Winkle. Rip wasn't what anyone would call a poster man for the American Dream as he lazed about and played with kids all the time as evident in a few quotes from this story; "He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors."...
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- Grade Level: High School