Rip Van Winkle

In the store, rip van winkle, Ivrining's character Rip at the beginning is a worthless person to his wife and his farm. "The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor." Rip was would walk a mile to get milk for a hungry baby, but he would not milk his own cow for his wife. To some, he is lazy; to Rip himself, he is just living. To …

…is commenting on how people are always changing. One minute the community where Rip lived was for the King and the next they were painting the town sign red white and blue. He is stating that it is better to stay true to oneself than to go with the flow of society. Rip Van Winkle did triumph throughout the course of his life. He knew what he was and did not change to satisfy others.