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Creating Character
through Setting and Description

In preceding files you have learned about the use of description and setting to develop a character. With the use of description, you learned how to draw a word portrait of a character. With the use of setting, you learned how the characteristics of your surroundings can indicate character.

In this file, you will write a description of a character that will fit comfortably into a given setting. The settings are from literature. The characters are from your imagination.

This setting is from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.

From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of Sleepy Hollow, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, during the early days of the settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his pow-wows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson. Certain it is, the place still continues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie.

A Character Description of the Mayor of Sleepy Hollow:

The character you will add to this setting is the mayor of Sleepy Hollow. He is currently sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of the town hall. Please write a description of the mayor. You may review your work in the files on creating character through description before you begin if you wish.

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