I confess: I may or may not have forgotten who Washington Irving was...but I remember now! Last semester seem so long ago...Anyway.
I skimmed through Sleepy Hollow to refresh my memory of Irving's writing style. Sleepy Hallow, I think, is kind of a Halloween story. It's very spooky and mysterious, and even includes supernatural occurrences. (If you can't remember them, you either didn't read the book, or you have short term memory loss.) The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge however, is much more realistic. Things are stated by facts, and there are no supernatural elements to the story. Owl Creek also used more literary devices, I think. We see this with the sentences about his watch. (I'm sorry, I can't remember what it's called. Personification maybe? Tell me if you know)
Both stories are written artfully, and I enjoyed both, but Owl Creek is my favorite out of the two of them. No, it's not because it's shorter!
Probably.
Tell me your thoughts! If you can remember the literary device, kudos to you!
EC
I think you brought out a good point Emily, Sleepy Hollow's purpose was to be more of a spooky, fun, halloween story to tell around a campfire or something. Where as Owl Creek is real with legit details and content and written in more of a professional way(literary devices). Not supposed to be a lighthearted story for entertaining.
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