Access Rip Van Winkle in your Journey's text to answer this written response question. Compare and contrast the Revolutionary hero, Benjamin Franklin with the Romanticism hero, Rip Van Winkle. Do these two American icons have any commonalities? What makes them different from one another in their values? How do these heroes display the essence of our country's spirit in a unique way? You must add a minimum of 1 direct quote from the short story