The Devil and Tom Walker: Tone Paragraph
In “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Irving demonstrates how the reader should feel no sympathy for Tom Walker because of his actions by showing that the tone influences the characterization in the story. For example, when Tom first becomes a violent churchgoer he “prayed loudly and strenuously, as if heaven were to be taken by force of lungs” (Irving 243-244). This shows that Tom is a hypocrite and a two faced man who is only going to church to try and cheat the Devil. For this reason the reader feels no empathy for Tom and agrees with the author that he deserves to be caught for everything he has done. In addition, right before Tom was whisked away by the Devil, “a poor land jobber begged him to grant a few months’ indulgence. [He] had grown testy and irritated, and refused another day” (Irving 244). This shows that even though Tom had enough riches, he still wanted to rob other people of the little money they had. Tom Walker did not under go a personal change and was the same greedy and selfish man up until the moment he was taken away. Therefore, no compassion is felt for Tom Walker during the story because the author shows how the tone influences the characterization in “The Devil and Tom Walker.”
In “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Irving demonstrates how the reader should feel no sympathy for Tom Walker because of his actions by showing that the tone influences the characterization in the story. For example, when Tom first becomes a violent churchgoer he “prayed loudly and strenuously, as if heaven were to be taken by force of lungs” (Irving 243-244). This shows that Tom is a hypocrite and a two faced man who is only going to church to try and cheat the Devil. For this reason the reader feels no empathy for Tom and agrees with the author that he deserves to be caught for everything he has done. In addition, right before Tom was whisked away by the Devil, “a poor land jobber begged him to grant a few months’ indulgence. [He] had grown testy and irritated, and refused another day” (Irving 244). This shows that even though Tom had enough riches, he still wanted to rob other people of the little money they had. Tom Walker did not under go a personal change and was the same greedy and selfish man up until the moment he was taken away. Therefore, no compassion is felt for Tom Walker during the story because the author shows how the tone influences the characterization in “The Devil and Tom Walker.”
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