"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" **

In honor of the Halloween season, the classic story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow comes to mind. The story originated around the 1820s and is still a very popular tale today. I believe that it's popularity has recently risen due to the new television series airing on the Fox Network called Sleepy Hollow. In this series, the main character, Ichabod Crane is put under a spell shortly before his "death" during the American Revolutionary War. The spell causes him to awaken about 250 years later and he finds himself in a 21st century town called Sleepy Hollow. The town is now haunted by the infamous Headless Horseman and it is up to Crane and police lieutenant, Abbie Mills, to find out why this is happening and how they can stop it.
The director of the series does an extremely good job of relating the show to the original story while still adding a 21st century twist to it. I find it much easier to relate to an old story when it is put in modern terms. The series is very appealing to a wide audience although some of the scenes can be quite frightening. The director has a way of making people think throughout the show of how different things are connected which really makes the viewer want to focus on the events that happen. I think this is a great way to learn more about a classic story and I am very pleased with what I have learned about the original story as well as the television series. This makes me want to read more stories similar to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and learn more about how writers came up with their inspiration for tales like this on.