have been viewed as outsiders who are different from everyone else. Unfortunately‚ this is known as discrimination. Black Americans had to go through this tough time for 14 years straight dealing with the pain and suffering of feeling excluded. Alice Walker has experienced this civil rights movement when she was around 20 years old‚ so this short story was able to help her explain how life was like during those times. The mood at the beginning of the story describes a light‚ innocent little girl who
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Theme of The Devil and Tom Walker In Washington Irving’s short story The Devil and Tom Walker‚ greed is shown to be a terrible trait that comes with many negative affects. Revealed by Irving when he introduced the setting‚ Tom Walker lived a miserable life isolated with his untrustworthy wife due to his miserly personality‚ and by this Irving was showing that living a life of greed will ultimately lead to misery. When decisions are being made based on greed and self benefit it will alter one thinking
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Going to college really does open a new chapter in everyone life‚ the beginning of new friendships‚ opportunities and growth. As a college student‚ a new student will be introduced to new areas of interest‚ broaden his vision of possibilities‚ establish and accomplish goals‚ develop lifelong friendships and define him or her in ways that he can imagine. Anyone on Earth already asked‚ or will ask himself where he would be in 10‚ 20 or even 30 years down the road. It is hard enough imagining what his
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Walters 1 Andy Walters English 11 Good vs Evil In 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
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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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“GOING GREEN” Number of Words: 1288 CONTENT 1. Introduction………………………………………………………. 3 2. “Going Green” 4 2.1. Description 4 2.2. Happenings 4 3. Hotel’s standpoint 5 3.1. “Going Green” in the Hospitality Industry 5 3.2. “LEED” Certificate 5 3.3. Examples of Change 5 4. Acting 7 4.1 Advantages 7 4.2 Disadvantages 7 5. Conclusion…………………………………………..……………… 8 6. Reference List………………………………………………..….. 9 6.1 Internet………………………………………………………………………………….………………9
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Alice Walker uses her own mother as a method to explain the creativity that has lived on in black women from the post-Reconstruction era on. She explains her mother telling stories which came naturally like breathing and her mother’s magnificent garden. Her mother tended the garden while still continuing her work in the field throughout the day and caring for her children. She was creating beauty where there was never any room for any. Walker noticed that only when her mother
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symbolism to help further the main idea or theme of loss of innocence. More specifically‚ young innocence in this text. Walker uses limited 3rd person narration to help the reader/s develop an understanding of the main character’s (Myop’s) thoughts‚ feelings‚ knowledge‚ personality and the situations she experiences. The story focuses on this naive ten year old African American girl we know as Myop‚ who loves to explore the land where she lives. One day‚ Myop chooses to explore further into woodland
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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Washington Irving the author of The Devil and Tom Walker uses the setting of the story to convey that things with a good appearance can be deceiving and be putrid on the inside. He also creates the right atmosphere for the story‚ and gives precise details to the audience so they can predict the topic and how it will develop. In addition‚ he describes each character in a manner that the readers can infer who they are‚ their personal characteristics‚ and the decisions that they might make throughout
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