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    In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the author shows greed by the main character selling his soul for a large treasure‚ being a cheap and greedy moneylender‚ and the lack of the main character and his wife sharing the wealth between each other in order to show that people will do anything for money and become rich. “The Devil and Tom Walker” was written by Washington Irving. Washington was a very famous American author. Washington Irving was born in New York on April 3‚ 1783. In his childhood

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    Joncy Raya October 31‚ 2010 Period 6 The Devil and Tom Walker: Mood to Theme In Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the imagery creates a dark and disturbing mood which shows the theme of how greed will make some people do whatever it takes to get what they desire. The language or words used to describe things such as settings‚ a character‚ or an event can help create a mood to help describe the theme. The setting shows a dark and mysterious mood when it says‚ “The swamp was

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    The Devil and Tom Walker is a story based on a German legend. This It shows themes of greed‚ values‚ good and evil‚ and temptation. This short story is about a man named Tom Walker‚ who is married to who is said to be just as miserable as him. They are both greedy and selfish. Tom takes a shortcut and finds his way into a swamp and stumbles upon what seems to be the devil. The devil offered Tom an old pirate named Kidd’s treasure‚ for his soul and limitless knowledge and wealth. Tom considers the

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    Period 6 June 11‚ 2014 Final The Devil and Tom Walker Tom Walker was the dynamic character in Washington Irving’s short story The Devil and Tom Walker. Tom Walker in my opinion changes toward the end of the story; he starts to come to the realization and see how good he had it in his life. Tom experiences an epiphany and changes dramatically by He became much more appreciative and caring of his life‚ surroundings and others. Meeting the Devil brought Tom Walkers greedy side out. He’d always been

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    One critic‚ Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton‚ proposes that‚ "The Devil and Tom Walker is hardly a new Eden‚ unspoiled and uncorrupt. Rather the fictional landscape of The Devil and Tom Walker seems haunted by events of the past and infused by Irving’s occasionally biting satire." Inspired by events in the past‚ Irving infuses them into his stories‚ which effects the ways the characters are portrayed‚ how the story is told‚ and how the themes are infused in by characterization. One critic‚ Charles

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    The story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a story about a man who lives an immoral life of greed. Walker lives in a solemn‚ wooded‚ quiet area of New England. Walker runs into the devil and sees that the devil is cutting down someone else’s timber. The evil is shown‚ by the devil in how he is premeditating the murder of "Deacon Peabody". Walker contemplates this meeting with the devil‚ and recognizes that wealth is the first priority for him. Tom Walker’s wife was filled with greed and wanted to acquire

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    era. Each movement was impacted by certain philosophies and themes‚ some themes that carry through most of the eras are religion‚ relationships and death. Religion had originally a theme that was written with high praise‚ tend to be written with criticism in American stories. Relationships had proven that love isn’t always as beautiful as people think and death has always taken over plots throughout American stories. All of these themes traveled throughout most of the literary eras of the United

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    In the story of “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving and‚ the story of “The Devil and Daniel Webster“ by Stephen Vincent Benét are two different stories with the same theme about not making a deal with the devil and the consequences. In the stories‚ the characters’ families and ol’ Scratch are very different. Tom Walker has no kids with a very poor looking house and not a very good relationship with his wife. The devil in his story is a dark native American dressed as a woodsman. Who

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    the story “The Devil and Tom Walker” good vs evil is shown in Tom Walker. Tom is a man in the 18th century who was a very bad man who sold his soul to the devil for money. “The Devil and Tom Walker” was written by Washington Irving and the character I have chosen is Tom Walker. Tom Walker is a lonely man because he is greedy‚ miserly‚ and mean. Tom Walker is a greedy man because he always wants more money. A quote from the story that shows his greed is‚ (184) ¶ 2 “Finding Tom so squeamish on

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    Tyler Laudeman Mrs. Mahan American Lit 23 October 2012 The Devil and Tom Walker “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving‚ takes place in the swamps of Massachusetts. Upon walking home one night Tom Walker decided to take a shortcut through the swamps. When Tom finds a deserted Indian fort in the woods he meets the devil. The devil makes Tom a deal. The deal that Tom could have all the gold he wanted if he gave the devil his soul. Washington Irving was a famous romanticist‚ focused on

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