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Rip Van Winkle, Jr.
Derrick Van Bummel is the schoolmaster. He is an educated and articulate man who eagerly participates in earnest discussions of the news contained in old, outdated newspapers with other townspeople at the inn. He becomes a great militia general in the war and, after the war, eventually becomes a member of Congress.
Derrick Van Bummel Quotes in Rip Van Winkle
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“Rip Van Winkle” Quotes
How solemnly they would listen to the contents, as drawled out by Derrick Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, a dapper, learned little man, who was not to be daunted by the most gigantic word in the dictionary; and how sagely they would deliberate upon public events some months after they had taken place.
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Derrick Van Bummel Character Timeline in Rip Van Winkle
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“Rip Van Winkle”
...talk with his neighbors. Much of the conversation is simple town gossip. But the schoolmaster Derrick Van Bummel is said to have facilitated many a meaningful discussion of politics and current events. He...
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