The Devil and Tom Walker: Tone Paragraph
In Irving’s short story, the tone influences the characterization in that the reader is presented a certain point of view by the author, which is to feel no sympathy for Tom Walker. For example, in the beginning of the story when Tom first meets the black man he is describes as, “a hard-minded fellow, not easily daunted, and he had lived so long with a termagant wife, that he did not even fear the Devil” (Irving 239). This shows that Tom is a very stubborn man and that he is not fearful of anything. The way the author describes Tom makes it seem like he does not deserve any empathy. In addition, right before he is whisked away by the Devil, “a poor land jobber begged him to grant a few months’ indulgence. Tom had grown testy and irritated, and refused another day” (Irving 244). This shows that even though Tom had enough worldly riches, he still wanted to rob other people of the little riches they had. At the end of the story, Tom still hasn’t changed and is the same greedy old man who sold his soul to the Devil. Therefore, no compassion is felt for Tom Walker because the situation he got himself into could have been prevented, and the tone influences characterization in this way in The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving.
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Hello my daughter,
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