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is a dysfunctional household. The story is not sympathetic to Dame Van

Winkle, but who would want a husband or father who did not provide? Generally

we don't respect this kind of man. There is an ironic tone; we know that

he is shiftless and sorry, but we still like the man. He goes hunting and finds Dutch dwarves. The dwarves are an etiologicalmyth explaining the source of thunder. Mythology believes Zeus caused

thunder. To the Dutch, thunder was caused by a game of nine pins. Rip Van

Winkle gets drunk or ripped.