The Devil and Tom Walker Character Analysis

               In the story " The Devil and Tom Walker " , I can infer many things about the characters . I know that Tom Walker is miserly by direct characterization .The author states so in the story , " a meagre miserly fellow of the name of Tom Walker ". Tom is also described as fearless by indirect characterization. The author says " Tom was a hard minded fellow , not easily daunted.  I can also infer that her husband (Tom) was sneaky and nosy , due to the fact the author says " Her husband was continually prying about to detect her secret hoards . . . " . W e can infer by indirect characterization that Tom has morals and will not trade a human in for anything. In  the story the author states " He proposed , therefore , that Tom should employ it in the black traffick ; that is to say , that he should fit out a slave ship , this however Tom resolutely refused.Towards the end , we can also infer that Tom Grows a Fear for the devil. We can infer that by this following sentence " Tom had a lurking dread that the devil , after all , would have his due. We can see through out the story his personality as described changed a little bit.
             Next in the  story Tom Walkers wife is introduced. By direct characterization we can tell she was miserly as her husband . It is stated in this story " He had a wife as miserly as himself " . She is described also as " Toms wife was a tall termagant , fierce of temper , loud of tongue , and strong of arm " . With that being said we can infer that she is a  built woman that does not take anybody's crap.Thru Indirect characterization we can infer that She is Greedy. It is said "Whatever the woman could lay hands on she hid away ". By the end of this story we can make a guess that she died. After she had gone to speak with the devil. "Tom seized the check apron , but , woful sight ! found nothing but a heart and liver tied up in it " , therefore we can conclude that those are her remains and she has died.
           Finally the last Major Character is " The devil". He is known by various names  in this story. We Know he has a gruff voice by direct characterization. The author Described him very well .The author states " a great black man " , and" neither negro nor Indian ". We know by direct characterization that he was dressed in a rude , half Indian garb , but had a red belt or sash around his body , but his face was neither black nor copper color , but swarthy and dingy and begrimed with soot ". We can infer thru indirect characterization that in return for anything that devil would want the person's soul . Given this sentence " There was one condition which  need not be mentioned , being generally understood in all cases where the devil grants favors"  , we can almost instantly think what the devil wants is a soul in return.
          There are many themes in this story. One of the biggest showed was "Greed" . Throughout the story for the desire of money and wealth , Toms wife was willing to compromise with the devil. Toms Wife was greedy for material things , while the devil I feel was greedy for souls since we could infer that is what he wanted in return for his favors. Another theme is betrayal . I see it in this story because Toms wife was willing to in a way go about betraying Toms trust for wealth. Tom on the other hand betrayed a friend when he opened up a brokers business lending money . Ambition seems to almost be like greed . It is also a theme because they all had ambition for something whether it be money , wealth , or more souls. I believe those are the biggest Themes shown in this story .

I Am , I Can , I Will

I am a young lady
Blessed with a beautiful baby
I am a proud mother
Like me there's no other
I am


I can achieve great things
Simple girl trying to make it in this world
I can do it all with the help of my Lord
Full of desire my heart sings
I can


I will become someone my son looks up too
I know there are many things I can do
I will be open minded to all
Will always see me with my head up tall
I will