The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story about a man who makes a deal with the Native American version of the devil called “The Old Scratch.” In the beginning‚ Tom Walker meets the devil in an abandoned house in a swamp. The devil offers him a part of Kidd the Pirates hidden treasure‚ which is under his protection. Tom’s wife is convinced that Tom should take him up on the offer because they will be richer in the long run. When Tom decides against it because he doesn’t want to share with his wife
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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
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Mundy’s Mill High School Department of Foreign Language Jonesboro‚ GA Instructor’s Name: Florencia I. Anderson Class Name: Spanish II Room No. 115 E-mail: fanderson@clayton.k12.ga.us Textbook: Glencoe – En Español Replacement cost: $ 55 Period: _________________ Time: _____________ * Facebook: lamaestraespañol Course Description: Spanish is a college preparatory course designed to teach students to communicate in Spanish. Emphasis
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“The Devil and Tom Walker‚” author Washington Irving emphasizes the moral consequences of indulgence in pecuniary materialism by revealing the detrimental effects of Tom Walker’s avarice. Evidence: In the end of the story‚ Tom Walker is taken by the Devil on horseback and never returns to foreclose the mortgage. The truth of his death is unknown‚ but witnesses from the town mentioned that the forest in which the horse had galloped into was set ablaze by a lightning bolt (8). Analysis: Tom Walker’s
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Name Class Period Date Devil and Tom Walker (Modern Revision) Tom Walker sat at his bedside feeling rather melancholy for he had not much to do but be chided at by his notorious witch of a wife. They both lived in their humble abode of an apartment in the middle of a city but they had a sublime view that overlooked the scenery of the domicile’s dumpsters. They lived poorly‚ just barely getting by to afford a couple gallons of gas. Tom grew a hatred for almost everyone around and had only
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Shelby Alexander Mrs. Mayes English III (H) September 4‚ 2012 The Trees in “The Devil and Tom Walker” There are these trees that are dark‚ tall and gloomy and have names on them. The names on the trees are of the Great Men of the Colony. The names are on the trees because the men sold their souls to the Devil. In the story‚ “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving there is this man that some people call “The Black Woodsmen” or “The Blackman” that runs this forest of souls that has
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The Devil and Tom Walker A few miles from Boston‚ in Massachusetts‚ there is a deep inlet winding several miles into the interior of the country from Charles Bay‚ and terminating in a thickly wooded swamp‚ or morass. On one side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove; on the opposite side the land rises abruptly from the water’s edge‚ into a high ridge on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size. Under one of these gigantic trees‚ according to old stories‚ there was a great
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stories being created during this period‚ Summary: “The Devil and Tom Walker”
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“The Devil and Tom Walker” was an Early Romanticism written by Washington Irving. Irving was a reluctant lawyer who preferred writing and is now mostly known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow”. Irving was the first American to achieve international reputation. In 1815 Irving traveled through Europe‚ remaining there for 17 years. Although when “The Devil and Tom Walker” was first published in 1824 it was not well received and even caused Irving to stop writing fiction all together‚ today it is considered
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Summer Alabsa Mrs. Tanguis English III-3 1 December 2014 “The Devil and Tom Walker” 1) The narrator uses specific details to explain how Tom Walker and his wife “were so miserly that they even conspired to cheat each other.” The narrator notes that “many and fierce were the conflicts that took place about what ought to have been common property.” The narrator describes Tom Walker’s wife as “a tall termagant‚ fierce of temper‚ loud of tongue‚ and strong of arm. Her voice was often heard in wordy warfare
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