In a 250-500 word post, respond to the following prompt:

1. Discuss the character named Ichabod in Irving’s “Sleepy Hollow”.
   1. Given the meaning of the name, “Ichabod”, is “no glory”, explain why you think the author chose to give the character this name.
   2. Give evidence from the text to support your answer.
   3. Support each part of your post with MLA cited examples/quotes from each text
   4. Select Reply to submit your discussion post.
   5. After submitting your post, respond to at least one of your classmates' posts in 150-350 words (per response).
      • Support your classmate’s perspective with additional information from the texts. Support your response with MLA cited examples/quotes from each text.
      • Or, provide an alternative perspective to your classmate’s. Explain your rationale and provide evidence from the texts. Support your response with MLA cited examples/quotes from each text

      Respond to this discusion post:::::

      In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is a comical and almost satirical character. He is not a villain but he can scarcely be considered a true hero in the traditional sense. When the story begins, he is generally liked by the people of Tarry Town. He is a tolerably good teacher and a decent houseguest (Irving). In addition, the people apparently enjoy his nasal singing (Irving). Although he lives up to his name and does not bring glory to himself or anyone else, he is a respectable person. A change occurs when he sets his heart on winning the lovely young Katarina, mainly because of her substantial inheritance. He begins vaingloriously scheming how he will sell the property and fulfil his dreams of going west, even though he has not yet secured the affections of the young heiress (Irving). He goes as far as picturing himself turning away his fellow teachers, whom he plans to no longer acknowledge as equals (Irving). His ill-fated courtship eventually exposes his shameful cowardice. He leaves his former friends without a single word of explanation and abandons his responsibilities as a teacher (Irving). His inglorious departure also reveals that he has in fact made no real friends in Tarry Town. While on the whole, Ichabod Crane’s motives throughout the narrative are not truly evil, he is far from a glorious hero. In the end, he leaves the village of Tarry Town completely without glory. A rumor comes back to Tarry Town that Ichabod Crane has done well for himself and yet even these accomplishments are small and can scarcely be called glorious (Irving).