The Devil And Tom Walker Essay

The Devil and Tom Walker
On the south side of Los Angeles there lives a man who is self indulgent and ruthless. This man goes by the name of Tom Walker. Tom is also married and his wife to shares these characteristics with him. They are both unhappy in their marriage and reside miserably with each other on the outskirts and Los Angeles, California in a small brick house in which no one ever visited. It was a Saturday morning when Tom decided that he wanted to go out for a stroll. Once Tom walked for a little while he came upon a deserted beach of which he decided to stay and take in the scenary by a tall palm tree. Tom then takes a dip in the water, but he is caught off guard by a stranger who swims up next to him. The stranger's face was not recognizable by Tom, although they did carry on an interesting conversation. The tall black man with red hair shared the list of names that he goes by such as
She goes to the beach where Tom was first met with the black man. The Devil didn’t give her the time of day to even offer a deal he wouldn’t accept it. He told her that he will only talk of a deal once she brings him three hundred thousand dollars in cash. So Tom sets out to find his wife and to his bewilderment his wife was in the process of robbing a bank. Fleeing for her life from the town she makes it to the beach. When she turns the money over to the Devil he makes it clear that the deal is off with the table along with her head. After days of searching again Tom finally finds the remains, only being a head, on the beach of where they met with the Devil. Since nothing is there to hold Tom back he decides to make another deal with the Devil. Tom decides to sell his soul to the Devil if he can become a successful stockbroker. By draining clients of their money by being a fraud and selling useless stock for thousands on end he gained his wealth that was promised by the