Ichabod Crane is the protagonist in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” but is not one of those typical kind of a heroic protagonists that you see on T.V shows. He resembles more of a bad guy because he’s greedy and doesn’t look the way a hero should. Throughout the story he was often describe to be quite tall man and awkward looking. “He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose.” According to the story, a person that saw him said that he looked like some goofy scarecrow who eloped from a corn-field. He’s so thin so he likes to eat a lot. He is a schoolteacher that doesn’t make enough money, thus, the housewives feed him every night by flattering them or by using his authority as their child’s teacher. He’s also a superstitious person since he always listen happily to the housewives’ supernatural tales. It was clear in the story when the person speaking said “When school hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty sisters, or good housewives for mothers, noted for the comforts of the cupboard. Indeed, it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils. The revenue arising from his school was small, and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda.” He goes into farms to help the farmers. According to the story, a person that saw him said that he looked like some goofy scarecrow who eloped from a corn-field.