How does irving contribute a positive message about america and its people through the characterization of rip van winkle?

question 10 options:

a. irving harkens to the past when america was a british colony, lamenting the loss of the english monarch, and awakening in readers a wistful longing for its monarchic roots.

b. irving plays with the idea that fairies are the key to time travel into the future through somnambulism; but denounces the idea of ever traveling back in time.

c. irving roots the story in the time period that stretches both before and after the revolutionary war—rejoicing in the memory of the founding of the nation; he projects an image of america’s landscape that is vast, beautiful, and full of possibility. 

d. through historical fiction, irving presents history in a fictional way, causing confusion for future historians about the actual past versus the imagined fictionalized past.

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

Through actions and conflicts of force, the plot of novel is logically brought to the the turning point in the conflict

In marian anderson sings the author begins the story by putting the reader right in the middle of the action what is the yearn for this type of organization