Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Rip Van Winkle
When i first read Rip Van Winkle, i just thought it was a interesting short story. After talking about it in class and analyzing it, i began to pick up on lots of hidden meanings and 'sacred cows' in the story. I started to wonder how it was recieved at the time it was written and if readers also saw these hidden meanings. was the story well recieved? i was wondering what everyone's thoughts were...
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instresting question.. i was thinking that people in America didnt realize that this story was making fun of them. Because they didnt realize what they were doing to be sacred cows during that time.. i thought people liked it because it was a fun little story and people enjoy fictional stories. but i dont think if Americans new the true meaning of it!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Caroline about the idea that the Americans didn't realize that the story was making fun of them. The example that stuck out the most to me was when they said that the one business who had originally had a sign of King George III just changed the colors on the sign and said it was George Washington. As the author put it the George's were interchangeable.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting Wallace. I also agree with Jillian with that meaningful sacred cow about the name "George." I also think that the early Americans did not necessarily see these sacred cows while reading. I think Rip Van Winkle was seen for pure entertainment by the Americans.
ReplyDeletebut at the same time they are super obvious. In every day life today we can see when our society, or maybe a particular political group is being made fun of. and in a time such as the revolution, if people wondered, what was their reaction?
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