Tagliero Ashley, Sleepy Hollow

After reading the story and than watching the movie Sleepy Hollow. You see that the characters are taken on a different direction. In the book Ichabod Crane is not a policeman but, a teacher and Katrina Van Hessel is not physcially attracted to Ichabod. Plus, she makes fun of him with her friends. She doesn't have an infatuation with him and his looks as protrayed in the movie. These are big changes to the story as a whole. The question i asked myself was why did Tim Burton change those main and important chracters.
   Well, I think he changed those chracters to put his own personal story into it. Just like in Edward Sciscorhands where the mother took Edward from his own world that he made for himself in his house and brought him to the rest of conform society. It feels that sleepy hollow is conformed, how everyone goes to the same 5 important men of the city. In this small town they all seem interested in other peoples buisness constantly and everyone is connected to someone else in that small town some way. How it is shown in Edward scissorhands where the whole town was interested in everyone else business and all the kids of that neighborhood hung out together.
    In the film of sleepy hollow, Tim Burton put somewhat along the lines to the same idea of the women and the outcast. No Ichabod at first was not an outcast but, he was different than the rest of the Sleepy Hallow.  As katrina became interested in Ichabod just like the daughter of the mother did in Edward Scissorhands. Tim Burton has the reoccuring theme of the outcast being accepted by one understanding person which always is a woman it seems and the outcast is mostly a man. Tim Burton does switch it up in Batman returns but, that was a rare occassion with catwoman and batman. As you can see in his films the outcast is always loved but, one other who is very well known in the society but, has a longing to be out of it.
   Tim Burton in conclusion, manipulated the characters from Sleepy Hallow to put his own personal touch and reoccurring themes that he is known for in his film.