This is a book report on Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." In the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, it is Ichobod Crane, of all characters, that Irving would have us follow. It is through his eyes that we see the countryside, view the village people, grow the attachment to at the heart of the story. Ichabod, the instructor of the children, the likeable man, the friend of all in Sleepy Hollow. A tall man with long arms and legs; his schoolhouse a low building with but one room. The master of the schoolhouse, he "urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge." Often the playmate of the larger boys, he spent many afternoons as a companion to the locals. Often in search of pretty sisters or housewives known for their "comforts of the cupboard."
