Compare And Contrast Ichabod Crane And Brom Bones

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What happened to Ichabod Crane? Did his love for Katrina made him leave? Or did Brom Bones make him disappear? Ichabod Crane from sleepy hollow disappeared a midnight in 1790 in TarryTown. It is said that he was being chased by the headless horseman, whose head had been shot off in the revolutionary war. After the headless horseman was unable to cross the bridge, Mr. Crane thought he had lost him, but when he least expected it, the headless horseman threw a flaming pumpkin at him. Mr. Crane was knocked off his horse. He disappeared, no one knows what happened to him. Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane were competing for Katrina’s love. Brom Bones is a “village hero” who had scared off many of Katrina’s suitor. Katrina was one of Mr. Crane’s students,

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