Greed In Washington Irving's The Devil And Tom Walker
In the story of “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, tells about three characters that portrays human behavior in the real world. Tom is a greedy, selfish, and foolish character that wants everything without working for it. Walker’s wife is also selfish, greedy, and foolish in her own way, by not caring about her husband and wanting everything for herself. Old Scratch is smart, evil and he always keeps his promises.
Tom Walker is a type of character that is greedy, selfish, and foolish. He is greedy because when the story, old scratch offers him some treasure and he almost jumps at the deal to take it but he starts to hesitate because of who is offering him the deal. Walker is also selfish because everything that he finds or owns, he refuses to share any of it with his wife. In addition, he is foolish because even though he turns the deal down, by the end he takes the deal even when he knows the consequences of taking the deal.
Tom Walker’s wife is the same as Tom; she is greedy, selfish, and foolish. She is greedy because when Tom comes home and tells her about the deal with the devil she gets mad at him for not taking the deal and tries to take the deal on her own. She is also considered selfish because she does not care anything about Tom and she likes …show more content…
He offers Tom the treasure when he encounters him in the swamp because he knows about his greediness and tries to suck him in to the temptation. He is also an evil character because of what he does to Tom’s wife when she tries to make the deal with him, and even though it never goes into specifics about what he did, it shows that he can be ruthless and merles. He also shows that he will keep his promises, when Tom comes back to take the deal, he gives him the treasure that he promises and makes him richer than he ever thought he could be, and by the end, Tom’s time is up and Old Scratch comes for him and that’s the end of
Tom Walker is a type of character that is greedy, selfish, and foolish. He is greedy because when the story, old scratch offers him some treasure and he almost jumps at the deal to take it but he starts to hesitate because of who is offering him the deal. Walker is also selfish because everything that he finds or owns, he refuses to share any of it with his wife. In addition, he is foolish because even though he turns the deal down, by the end he takes the deal even when he knows the consequences of taking the deal.
Tom Walker’s wife is the same as Tom; she is greedy, selfish, and foolish. She is greedy because when Tom comes home and tells her about the deal with the devil she gets mad at him for not taking the deal and tries to take the deal on her own. She is also considered selfish because she does not care anything about Tom and she likes …show more content…
He offers Tom the treasure when he encounters him in the swamp because he knows about his greediness and tries to suck him in to the temptation. He is also an evil character because of what he does to Tom’s wife when she tries to make the deal with him, and even though it never goes into specifics about what he did, it shows that he can be ruthless and merles. He also shows that he will keep his promises, when Tom comes back to take the deal, he gives him the treasure that he promises and makes him richer than he ever thought he could be, and by the end, Tom’s time is up and Old Scratch comes for him and that’s the end of