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Analysis of Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle tells a story about a kindhearted farmer Rip Van Winkle who helped a stranger distribute wine on a mountain slope.He drank a little and soon fall asleep, when he woke and went back to the village, it was 20 years later.Everything had changed.The most important change was the war of independence had been won and the portrait of King George of Britain was replaced by American President of George Washington.Theme of the Rip Van Winkle

The main theme is the revolution.Rip here is used as a metaphor, In America, the group of letters always appears in funerals, means “rest in peace”, which is short for rip.As to the war, revolution, death and politic, Rip is just rest in peace for 20 years.At the same time , we know that the author was born just the year when England officially recognized the new nation, and the victory of the war and American Independence brought American people a new freedom.And yet, this hard-wonFreedom become a new anxiety gradually , for it was hard for the first generation of American to find their own identity , they were lost, uncertain of what to do with the freedom.There is strong resemblance between Rip Van Winkle and the American people.Dame Van Winkle and the English Government..Before the revolution , Rip was a meek man who would rather die on a penny than work for a pound ,because he refuse to do any kind of profitable labor.he couldn’t live in peace for the existence of his wife ,she would taught him leons in every poible.The American people were also trying to live a peaceful life, and the rule of the British government made it impoible.The Americans suffered the oppreion for a long time.After the war, Rip returned to his village only to find great changes in the small village.Which is sample of the change of America, No one recognized him, people talked about hot iues, he had no interest in.Dame Van Winkle was gone and he was free now.However he had no idea what he should do.The past had past forever ,despotism was gone , No one was going to tell Rip what he should do.No one was going to force him to do anything.The American people is free to choose now , but they had no idea of what to chose , they were led into a new kind of life to which they strangers ,they were groping in the dark for the way ahead.From this it revels the conservative attitude towards revolution.but it doesn’t mean the attitude against the revolution but his bewilderment after the revolution..Characters of Rip Van Winkle

The characters of the hero in the story Rip Van Winkle is a good natured Dutch American farmer and a hen-pecked husband , he is glad to help others , so he is a great favorite among all good wives of the village , let alone the children.but the misablething is that he failed to managed his own farm , not because he was busy , but because he didn’t like all kinds of profitable labor.the character of Rip is flexible.enough to turn his misfortune into an advantage.on one hand , he escapes 20 years of scolding by sleeping in the mountain;on the other hand , he makes great succe as a man neither –minds his own busine or maintain his reputation as a hard a worker