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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Tom Buchanan is considered the main villain or antagonist of the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tom Buchanan possesses many unadmirable traits. He is a very racist man who believes that white people are the supreme and dominant race on Earth. He is also a violent man as he inflicts physical pain to other women. Firstly‚ Tom Buchanan is racist and his thoughts are that whites are the superior race among all human races. He makes several racist statements during his dinner with his
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When Tom Robinson is killed in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the town of Maycomb analyzes what has happened for only a couple of days and just moves on. Nobody cares that Tom has died for the most important reason of racism in Maycomb. Racism was widespread in the south during the depression which is the setting of this book. Another reason the people of Maycomb move on so quickly is due to the fact that little to nothing can be done about Tom’s case any longer. He can’t be freed. Lastly nobody wants to
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S.A. Bodeen’s Shipwreck Island and Johann David Wyss’ Swiss Family Robinson are different books‚ but they do have very certain similarities. One book is about a family that values their relationships‚ especially with God. These values become even more important as they are stuck on a desert island. However‚ the other book talks about a family that doesn’t have any bond until they have no choice but to get along to survive on what seems to be a deserted island. The similarities of these books are
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consequently these beliefs and attitudes are challenged when one moves into a new or different world. Both The Story Of Tom Brennan (2005) by J.C. Burke and The Door (When) by Miroslav Holub explore this notion of change through the experiences encountered when moving into different worlds. The Story Of Tom Brennan explores the journey‚ growth and self discovery of the protagonist‚ Tom‚ following his brother’s drunken car crash. Similarly‚ The Door demonstrates the benefits associated with exploring
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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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Ch-1-------------- -Robinson Crusoe‚ the narrator of the story‚ tells us that he was born in 1632 in the city of York‚ England. His father‚ a German immigrant‚ married a woman whose name was Robinson‚ and his real name was Robinson Kreutznaer‚ but due to the natural corruption of languages‚ the family now writes their name "Crusoe." He was the third son; his oldest brother was killed in a war‚ and the next son simply disappeared. When Robinson Crusoe first had an urge to go to sea‚ his father
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Goodnight Mister Tom Goodnight Mr Tom is a novel by Michelle Magorian. It follows a young boy‚ William Beech‚ who is evacuated from London during the blitz of World War 2‚ and put into the car of Tom Oakley‚ an elderly recluse. Thanks to Tom‚ William Beech is able to experience a new life and loving care. Two musicals based on the book have been written and a film has been made. There is also a new play of goodnight Mr Tom‚ adapted for the stage by national children’s dramatist David Wood‚
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them to move on and achieve growth and progression in their maturation phases. The novel “The Story of Tom Brennan” follows the Brennan Family in the aftermath of a fatal car crash in which the protagonists (Tom Brennan) brother Daniel was drunk behind the wheel which ended up taking the lives of two others and paralysing a third person (Fin). The story follows the Brennans and it shows how Tom Brennan struggles to cope with past events. JC Bourke was able to use a large variety of techniques in
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things and grow closer to each other. Tom Sawyer is Huck’s best friend who influences what Huck does frequently throughout the novel. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ Tom Sawyer is portrayed as selfish‚ adventurous‚ and dramatic.
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