In the short story, Tom is shown to be corrupted by greed. He was shown trying to get more money from a poor land-jobber who was asking for more time. As quoted from the story, “He was on the point of foreclosing a mortgage, by which he would complete the ruin of an unlucky land-speculator”. (Irving, Washington. The Devil and Tom Walker.) The land-jobber was then forced to mortgage his land to Tom who was anxious to get it. This piece of evidence from the story shows how Tom was
In the short story, Tom is shown to be corrupted by greed. He was shown trying to get more money from a poor land-jobber who was asking for more time. As quoted from the story, “He was on the point of foreclosing a mortgage, by which he would complete the ruin of an unlucky land-speculator”. (Irving, Washington. The Devil and Tom Walker.) The land-jobber was then forced to mortgage his land to Tom who was anxious to get it. This piece of evidence from the story shows how Tom was