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====** List the main characters. Discuss whether they are flat or round and static or dynamic. Also discuss whether Irving uses direct or indirect characterization for each. gfkhjs;kflaskdjfg  **====

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==== Katrina Van Tassel is a static character because she doesn't change much in the story. She was always pretty and still the daughter of a wealthy farmer. Even after Ichabod Crane disappeared she still acted the same. The author uses indirect characterization to describe Katrina Van Tassel. Instead of saying she was a pretty 18 year old, the author described her as "a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father's peaches...". - ** afrogirl. **====

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Brom Bones is a flat character because the author portrayed him as a bully to Ichabod, but others still think he is strong, powerful, and skilled with horses. Brom Bones is a static character because he does not change in any way, other than when he stops going to the bar and he starts trying to steal Katrina Van Tassel away from Ichabod. The author uses indirect characterization when creating Brom Bones because when he first described him, he said he was a “hero of the country” and was “broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair”. Later in the story the author also compared Brom Bones to Hercules with his “Herculean frame and great powers of limb”. -**iadoreenglish**  Baltus Van Tassel is a static character because he doesn't change in the story. He is a wealthy, kind farmer and nothing happens to him that changes his personality or his actions. The author uses direct characterization to describe Baltus Van Tassel. The author just describes him as a "thriving, contented, libearl-hearted farmer." -**afrogirl** Baltus Van Tassel is a flat character because he is not described much in the story, but the author does describe him as veteran of the American Revolution and that he is rich with fertile land for his livestock and farming needs and that he also has a very big house with slaves, in addition to the fact that they are very wealthy since slaves were costly. **-iadoreenglish**
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= = Ichabod Crane is a dynamic character because he seens to be a happy man with few problems until his encounter with the "Headless Horseman." Then, he becomes frantic and fearful, and is in the middle of a bad situation. Ichabod was a round character, because he was portrayed as the protagonist, or hero, of the story. The author used indirect characterization when creating Ichabod by using quotation such as "the singing master of the neighborhood," and "gentlemanlike personage." The author also uses direct characterizationwhen saying that he is " tall, but exceedingly lanky, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together." -crazychickenz25
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Katrina Van Tassel is both a flat and static characeter. There is never a moment in the book where something happens to her that changes how she acts or what type of person she is. She stays in a wealthy family and she stays wanted by both Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones. The author uses indirect characterization to create Katrina. He writes that she is a "coquette" who "wore ornaments of pure yellow gold". He used more description to describe her instead of just saying she was a bit of a flirt and wore nice clothes to show it. -** Lala 18190 ** ​ Super jaam  The Headless Horseman is a flat chracter. He doesn't change at all throughout the story. He remains constant. From the beginning of sleepy hollow the Headless Horseman is infamous around the town. He is the well known spook. The author explains what other people thought of the Headless Horseman in the story. It is said that he was the cheif spook. He was the top scary dog. He "haunts this enchanted region" and he rides through the night just like he did when what is believed to be when he was in the revolutionary war and his head was taken off. Immeadietly you know this guy is bad news. Later in the story when he finds Ichabod Crane riding through the town home. He rides alongside him and stays on his trail. Ichabod tries to get rid of him but he can't shake him off. The headless horseman continues to haunt Ichabod through the night and he throws his pumpkin at him and knocks Ichabod off his horse and knocks him out, leading to the mysterious fate of Ichabod Crane. You can tell from the very beginning that he is a bad spook and then he proceeds to attack the protaginist. He is still the big bad headless horseman he was at the beginning in the end. He never changed his point of view, look on life or anything. He remained the same. The author uses indirect characterization to describe the Headless Horseman. Through the story you hear of horror stories told about the horseman. The people of sleepy hollow are the ones who describe him usually with their shared ghost stories. The only part you hear of him is when the townsfolk talk to each other about him. Brom Bones speaks of how he saw the Headless Horseman when he was riding home one day. The author also uses direct characterization too because when Ichabod was riding home and saw the horseman. The author then briefly describes the horseman, but its mostly indirect characterization. The author never speaks of the horseman directly except at the beginning with a short info paragraph and when the horseman is following Ichabod. -Awesomeman 747
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Icabod Crane is a round and dynamic character that changes thoroughtout the whole story. He is fully described by the author as "He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together." Icabod as a person has deeper feeling and meaning than the other charaters, his is not just an outline of what type of person he is or what he likes to do. Icabod Crane is also a direct charater, the author simply tells you about him, you don't have to infer or asume things about him, the author leads him to be a straight foward charater. -DB 1975
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