I dont think this is right, but A.
The story is an allegory of the entire revolutionary experience. Another theme that runs through Rip Van Winkle is laziness. Rip's laziness is eventually punished. His punishment was to remain asleep for 20 years.
<span>A body of knowledge and the process of gaining that knowledge is called science.
The third option is the correct one. Science is everything you learn and know, and not only experiments and what not which is usually considered to be science.
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