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March 27, 2012 Blog 8
On my research paper I excelled in the actual researching process. However I pretty much failed and bombed the conclusion part. I have to grow in citing things and try not jumping from thing to thing. I also need to work on writing my conclusion.

March 9, 2012 Blog 7
I am researching Washington Irving. I feel as though I am being treated like a junior in college instead of a junior in high school. I am very stressed with this project to the point my hair is actually falling out. The most difficult part of this was the citing and the actual writing the essay part. The easiest would have to be the note cards and the actual research. I have also learned I might want to possibly rethink minoring in English after this research project. I have learned that writing research papers are absolutly hard and very stressful and for that I do not like them.

March 3, 2012 I am researching Washington Irving. I learned that the New York Knicks were named after one of the names he used for one of his books Diedrich Knickerbocker. I learned that note cards are useful. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The Blog Finally of Washington Irving = February 15, 2012

Characters
//Legend of Sleepy Hallow// Ichabod Crane is a shy, quiet, peaceful, man. He sounds scrawny and weak in the story. He is a main character. Ichabod is a protagonist. Ichabod is lonely and very much in-love with Miss Katrina.He is a school teacher. Brom Bones is the other main character. He is arrogant, a bully, and a jerk. He thinks he can get away with anything because he is the town's hero. When in truth he is a huge jerk who makes up stories. He is also in-love with Miss Katrina. Katrina Van Tassel is a minor character. She is beautiful, intelligent, and indecisive. She can't choose between Ichabod and Brom. She is the daughter of Van Tassel who is well known. Headless Horseman is also a minor character. He is the mysterious legend of the Sleepy Hallows. No one knows who he is. He uses pumpkins to gun people down and take them captive.

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The //Legend of Sleepy Hallow// is a mysterious story. It is full of romance and mystery. This story shows how legends become real. People fall in love, get attacked, and chased out of their home town. Ichabod Crane is kind of a follower. He does what is expected of him except when it comes to winning the love of Katrina Van Tassel. Brom is the town hero and everyone loves him which is typical in stories. He is the hero but in secret is a jerk. Where as Ichabod is just a school teacher and a nice guy. The jerk always wins in the end. I belive that Brom is the headless horseman and is trying to use the "I raced against the horseman he was fast but not fast enough to keep up! He stopped at the bridge just for a bowl of punch." story to become famous. =====

**Rating**
I give this book a three out of five. It jumps alot and is very confusing. In some parts I wondered if Washington Irving just got bored and started writing random stuff. He kept bouncing back and forth with stuff. How ever I would recomend it, its truley a good story.

**WikiReflections**
I like the wiki's they are a good source for seeing what other people think of the books you are reading and for you to see if their books intrest you. It is also a good way to learn how to write about a book and not give away the ending. In other words yes this is a good way to discuss our indepent reading books.

Magical Answers
Blog # 4! February 7, 2012 I have read 395 of 1978 pages off of my Kindle. I read Rip Van Winkle By; Washington Irving. This novel's greatest strength is that it shows how myths and legends forms. Rip Van Winkle was a young man when he went into a forest to hunt for dinner. It was starting to get late and he was still in the forest by the mountains. He met these people that had weird clothes and an old man. He took a drink from the wine they gave him and he fell asleep. He woke up twenty years later to find that his children have grown and his wife had died. He was happy about his wife dying for she nagged him constantly. When he returned to town no one knew him and he told his story. It became a myth in his little town. He lived with his daughter after he got back finding he had no house and dog. He wanted to escape his wife and he did for twenty years.

==== H orrible Ending ==== Post # 3! January 27, 2012 "Brom Bones, too, who, shortly after his rival's disappearance conducted the blooming Katrina in triumph to the altar, was observed to look exceedingly knowing whatever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin; which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell." This is one of my favorite paragraphs it says a lot about the people in the town. I believe Brom Bones lied about racing with the Headless Horseman to be the town favorite. I believe that he did it for fame as well. I think the headless horseman chose Ichabod Crane because of him being alone and him having an old horse. I also believe that he was chosen for his head.

The Love Triangle
Post # Two! January 20, 2012. <span style="background-color: #d8031f; color: #3dfffc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The main character is Ichabod Crane. He seems to be a country gentelmen. He is currently in love with a Miss Katrina. She has many persuers. He loves to hunt and take care of animals. He is up against Brom who is the town "Hero" and who is the town bully as well. Ichabod thinks highly of Brom even though Brom makes fun of him. Ichabod is very kind and shy. He however stands his ground when he wants to win the love of Miss Katrina Van Tassel. He will stop at nothing even the challenges that Brom hands him. I have a feeling Ichabod and Brom will fight and Ichabod might end up killing Brom in the fight.

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I expect that there is going to be a death of some kind and someone falling in love. This book so far as I am reading it has a lot to do with the olden
==== days like 1780's give or take a few years. This book is also very advanced reading so I would not recomend it to anyone who does not like reading or who can not comprehend certian words. I expect this book to be about a murder of a beloved town's member. This book also skips around a lot, it is a little confusing but I don't think I have started the actual reading yet. ====