1、2. The Legen d of Sleep y Hollo w Name: Zhu Mi C l as s : Engli s h 112 Is It A Legen d Or Reali ty? The nove l told a stor y o f “ sle e p y holl o w “ of wha t ha ppe ned. This plac e was not fa r fr om Ne w Y or k C it y , in the Hudso n R iver , with man y te rr i fic leg e n ds, a mong them the
2、 Headl e ss Knigh t was the most se nsa ti ona l. It was said that a battl e durin g the Revol u tion a ry War, a caval r y He c to r plug he a d doz e n fl y b y sh e ll fir st . Af ter the de a th , his soul of ten rode of f da sh a wa y in the nig ht , to re tur n to the ba tt l e fie l d for his
3、 own head. The main chara c ter in The Legen d of Sleep y Hollo w na med B a a de Kle in , mi g r a ti ng to the p rima r y sc hoo l as a tea c h er, who admir e d Ka tri na and covet e d her be a ut y, theda u g h ter of rich local Dutc h fa mi l ies. How e v er, there was lots of rival in his love
4、 for Katri n a, one of the big ge st e ne mi es was bloom va n B re nt , a man in the lo c a l bossi ne ss. One ni g ht , B a a de Kl e in ro de to va n s f a mi l y dinne r; ba c k on th e wa y e n c ou nter e d the he a dl e ss knig h t, who c ha se d a fte r him se ve r a l ti mes . And the he a
5、dl e ss kni g h t would kick to the he a d of B a a de . The ne x t da y , the loca l s onl y found Kle in s ha t a nd a br oke n pumpk in, with the idea that he was taken away by super na tur a l powe r . A f e w y e a rs late r , someo ne sa w Kle in was a judge in Ne w Y or k, a nd blo om ed in c
6、 r a ne soon a ft e r mi ssi ng. H e mar ri e d C a the rine. W he ne ve r so meo ne menti one d Kle in a nd pumpk in s stor y , he would laug h , se e me d to have some secre t s he did not inten d to tell peopl e. Klein was a true selfi s h, a rr o g ant man who was alien ated in the sleep y hollo
7、 w where peopl e were all kind and innoc e nt, total ly diffe r ent from him. Thoug h Klein was not a well-recog n ized man by peopl e , he won succe s s in the New York and marri e d a woman , which was ironi c and sarca s m. From this we saw the real world and what reali ty was like at that time i
8、n Ameri c a. The Dutc h f a rme r s da u gh ter Katri na was the re p r e se nta ti ve s of wom e n in the sleep y hollo w , whose im a g e had a posi t ive mea ni ng . S he loved c oqu e tted and prete n ded to fall in love with B a a de Klein . As a matte r of fact, she was playi n g with Baade Kl
9、e in and contr o lled him , just for the s a ke o f hi s riva l c a lm i ng dow n fir ml y, as t he na rr a tor sa y “ whic h is a trick ” She was not a innoc e nt girl, but c a lcu latin g woma n in love. How e v er, the de sc r ipt io n of sleep y hollo w was trul y like a legen d, for all the sce
10、ne r ies were too beaut i ful and peace f ul to be li e ve by peopl e livin g in the reali t y . I r vin g used the roma n ti c is m of the br ush de pic ted theslee p y holl o w as a utopi a nplac e ,thec h a ra c ter s a nde v e nt s inclu ded. A quiet and m y ste rious hollo w refle cted the writ
11、e r was highl ig hti ng his y e a rn ing for a n idea l soci e t y in th e nove l revel e d in a lot o f e nvir onmen t, to c re a t e e nvir onmen tal ba c k g rou nd of the stor y . The oth e r was tocr e a t e a stor y a tm os phe re . The short novel left much space for reade r s to think and to
12、 guess what had happe n ed and what was the story was talki n g about . It was diffe r ent from what I have read befor e , it was short but compl e ted. It was a littl e bit horri b le but fille d with beaut i ful scene s . It mirro red reali ty in an indir ect and fancy way. Ac tua lly I could not under s tand this short novel compl e tely and felt it was a bit absur d altho ug h this novel was known a s a maste r piec e .
