He continues his routine of chatting with passing travelers in the town. Rip does not change his old habits of talking people's ears off. He fails to acknowledge his own son Rip Jr., who is known as an ".urchin in the village." (Irving). He pays no attention to his personal work at home. Rip is not only a round character, but is also a static character. His weak initiative leads him into the Kaatskil Mountains where, yet again, helps someone else, but this time he mysteriously slips into a coma- like state for twenty years. Although he cares for others, he fails to support his own family.
The good samaritan he is always running errands for wives and bonding with the neighborhood children, Rip shows a lack of responsibility for his himself and his land. Rip falls under this definition, and in the story he is viewed as a, ".Henpecked Husband."(Irving). In Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle ," the main protagonist of the story is Rip himself. One who has many different traits in a story is defined as a round character. He tended to focus on marital conflicts and the idea of love with loss as main themes in “ Rip Van Winkle”. Irving's specific use of literary elements can be analyzed as a determination of him explaining his themes through common syntax. Irving was able to incorporate multiple themes with his utilization of imagery throughout the story. His ability to manipulate a readers mind is seen through his detailed use of imagery in “ Rip Van Winkle”. Irving lived in a time of change the world, which he inspired, was relying on him to take their thoughts off of ordinary life and to be sent into the imaginative world of Irving’s creative stories.
Washington Irving was a master at developing such mythical settings, yet maintaining a sense of mock realism. World, in which all things that may be impossible in reality, take place in their mind. Certain authors depend on the readers mind to create an imaginative One’s imagination will judge the way a story is interpreted.
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