I’m alive" (Walker‚ 29). These desperate words of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple display Celie’s disconsolateness in her life and her submission towards those around her. Nettie‚ Celie’s sister is a fighter‚ refusing to allow any man or women to diminish her spirits‚ hopes‚ and dreams‚ at any cost. Whereas Celie‚ too weak and fearful to defy anyone who demands more than what she desires to offer‚ suffers through these trials‚ unable to find her voice. In The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker analyzes the
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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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Purple Book Blue Life “The Color Purple” written by Alice Walker‚ and published in 1982 won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983. It illustrates the hardships and emotional trauma that came with growing up and living as an African-American woman. It also addresses many issues within american social culture and gender roles. The novel centers upon the growth and development of a girl named Celie. She was raped at 14 by her own father and then forced into a marriage with a nefarious apathetic older
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In The Devil and Tom Walker‚ Tom Walker meets a Black Man in the forest and the man tells of buried treasure‚ and Tom can have it for a price. Tom agrees to swindle people for the Devil‚ and agrees to give the Devil his soul. While he quickly gained many riches of this world‚ he began to worry about the next and regretted making the deal with the Devil. Finally he tells one of his customers‚ "The devil take me if I have made a farthing!"‚ and so the devil took him. This short story is an American
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The duality of human nature between the characters; Tom Walker‚ Young Goodman Brown‚ and Connie are revealed vastly contrarily and similarly throughout the each short stories. Tom Walker‚ a greedy‚ lazy‚ materialistic man throughout the short story “Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving as he makes his way through the muddy unpleasant swamp. Young Goodman Brown‚ an innocent‚ guilty‚ follower who is a victim of the Devil‚ in the story “Young Goodman Brown” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He has
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As we go through history‚ one of the most current issues in people life is property and the obtaining of money. A clear example is the story of “The Devil and Tom Walker” based on the concept of greed and how it lead us directly to the sin. At the beginning of the story Tom and his wife are described as a miserly people‚ living a miserly and unhappy life‚ always trying to cheat each other. Actually‚ it is said ‘whatever the woman could lay hands on‚ she hid away….Her husband was continually prying
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Topic: Looking at today’s world‚ how can lessons from the story be applied to our society? Do we have similar situations and people we saw in the story? Are people as manipulated by material possessions as Tom was? Many people are manipulated by money and material possessions. In their greed lies many lessons that can be applied to our society as well as many lessons to be learned from their lust for money and material goods. Our society is controlled by money. As well as the production of money
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The Devil and Tom Walker Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ shows us that greed and hypocrisy will only haunt you in the end. The story takes place in New England in the late 1700’s. The narrator tells a story about a man’s encounter with the devil or “Old Scratch”. While most people don’t believe the wild story‚ the narrator swears that the story is indeed true. A local legend says that there is buried treasure located in a grove on the outskirts of Boston. The legend states
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In Irving’s “the devil and tom walker” he has used symbolism to exemplify the elements of romanticism by using the five characteristics of romantic literature. He uses imagination‚ idealism‚ and intuition to create a literary classic that teaches many valuable life lessons. All things considered this is why “the devil and tom walker” is one of the greatest short stories in history. Throughout the entire story imagination is a very prominent aspect‚ his vivid descriptions and writing allows you to
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Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving‚ there is a copious amount of imagery throughout the whole story. To add‚ the imagery presented in the story is very detailed and creates very vivid pictures in the head. In addition‚ the amount of imagery used to describe at least one scene of this story is enough to paint a picture in your head and make you feel as though you are there. Furthermore‚ there is so much imagery presented in this story that it feels as if you could be there‚ with Tom‚ closing
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