Similar in many ways, every story read has a lesson learned at the end. For instance, Ebeneezer Scrooge is one of the wealthiest men in town, but his greed and grumpy attitude causes him to encounter the three ghosts of Christmas, that change his personality into a more loving and caring man. Without a doubt, Mr. Scrooge is an example of a character that changes throughout the story for the better. In other words, he is an archetype. An archetype is a prototype or model. Literary characters are often given archetypes the represent particular human traits, like purity, greed, or heroism. In the story “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, Mr. Irving writes a story about a greedy elderly man who encounters a Devil and makes a deal hoping
