Rip van winkle and Neighbor Rosicky

Introduction:

· Establish the topic

· Identify the titles and authors of the works you are analyzing

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving and The Neighbor Rosicky by Willa Cather are two amazing stories. Both men have multiple similarities between them.

Thesis Statement (fill in the blanks for one of the thesis statements on the right). This will be the last sentence of your introduction.

While some differences between (Rip Van Winkle) and (Neighbor Rosicky) are evident, they are similar in the aspects of relationships with others, sense of adventure, and their conflict and the trials they faced.

Body Paragraph 1: Elaborate on the first point in your thesis statement

Topic Sentence: Rip Van Winkle and Neighbor Rosicky have great relationships with others.

Detail 1: Rip Van Winkle was a generous, kind man who love to help everyone in his village, the good wives and children loved him.

Detail 2: Neighbor Anton Rosicky was a good nature man loved by his neighbors and Family.

Concluding Sentence: They were both appreciated and value members of the society

Quote to support the claim you are making about the first character:

“He was great favorite among the good wives of the villages. The children of the village too, would shout with joy whenever he approached” (Irving 1819 Pg.517)

Quote to support the claim you are making about the second character:

“He didn’t know another house farmhouse where a man could get such a warm welcome and such strong coffee with rich cream” (Cather,1928 Pg.695)

Body Paragraph 2: Elaborate on the second point in your thesis statement

Topic Sentence: Rip Van Winkle and The Neighbor Rosicky had a sense of adventure.

Detail 1: Rip Van Winkle went into the woods with his dog and gun to get away from his nagging wife.

Detail 2: Neighbor Rosicky doesn’t want to be stuck in the house; he wants to be out in the world working.

Concluding Sentence: Rip Van Winkle and The Neighbor Rosicky

Quote to support the claim you are making about the first character:

“Poor Rip was at his last reduce almost to despair, and his only alternative to escape from the labour of the fam and the clamour of his wife, was to take a gun in hand, and stroll away into the woods. (Irving,1819 Pg.519)

Quote to support the claim you are making about the second character:

“His patient chuckled. “It ain’t no place fur a man. I don’t like no old man hanging round the kitchen too much. An my wife she is a awful hard worker her own self.” (Cather,1928 Pg.694)

Body Paragraph 3: Elaborate on the third point in your thesis statement

Topic Sentence: Rip Van Winkle and The Neighbor Rosicky conflict and trials they faced.

Detail 1: Rip Van Winkle losses 20 years of his life.

Detail 2: Dr. Burleigh told Neighbor Rosicky he had a bad heart.

Concluding Sentence: Rip Van Winkle and Neighbor Rosicky faces many conflicts in their lives.

Quote to support the claim you are making about the first character:

“The very village seemed altered it was larger and more populous. There rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been familiar haunts had disappeared.” (Irving, 1819 Pg.522)

Quote to support the claim you are making about the second character:

“It’s your heart that makes you short of breath, I tell you. You are sixty-five years old, you have always work hard, and your heart’s tired.”(Cather, 1928 Pg.694)

Conclusion:

Summarize the main points in the body paragraphs and paraphrase your thesis.

Rip Van Winkle and The Neighbor Rosicky have many common characteristics such as their relationship with others, their sense of adventure, and the conflict and trials they faced all of these topics have similarities. They both go through life altering experiences that their sense of adventure caused. Even with some aspects not being indistinguishable they still share do share similarities.