Comparing British Rule and Democracy in Rip Van Winkle

Comparing British rule in the United States after the revolution and Rip Van Winkle of democracy, literature began to show the influence of the newly made democracy. Like other young governments, many different interest groups are trying to shape the government according to their democratic vision. Washington Irving from New York born in 1783 grew up in a world full of democratic fanatics. When he grows up, he will become a political satire like a childhood atmosphere.

The story of Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle is a man named Rip Van Winkle who lives in a small town in Hudson Valley. Everyone in the town likes Rip Van Winkle very much. Others think Van Winkle is a "gentle neighbor, obedient wife" (456). Even the animals the writer said, Everyone saw Hwang Wenke's good intentions, "Dogs do not bark at him everywhere in the neighborhood" (457). In addition to his wife, everyone is very happy with Rip Van Winkle. "In the morning, afternoon and evening her tongue keeps moving forward, all what he does and does is to create well-known eloquence" (458). The role of Rip Van Winkle depicts the American society persecuted by Britain.

In the United States after the Rip Van Winkle Revolution, literature began to show the influence of newly created democracy. Like other young governments, many different interest groups are trying to shape the government according to their democratic vision. Washington Irving from New York born in 1783 grew up in a world full of democratic fanatics. When he grows up, he will become a political satire like a childhood atmosphere. This sarcastic nature of Irving shines in Lip Van Winkle as he uses historical implications and symbolic personality to ridicule colonial life and young American democracy under British rule I will. The first historical satire took place at the name Peter Stuyvesant, exaggerated twice for praise. When the British occupied New York, strict and disliked governor Stuyvesant held power. Ironically, Rip is indifferent to Dame Van Winkle.