The Plot:
I chose “The Devil and Tom Walker” for my fictional story. The plot: Tom Walker and his wife are both very miserly. Tom and the devil meet in the woods where the devil offers Tom all the treasure of Capt. Kidd in exchange for a few undisclosed conditions. Tom tells his wife about the devil’s offer, after finding out that Tom isn’t going to make a deal she tries to make a deal with the devil herself, but she dies. Tom finally makes the deal with the devil and becomes a usurer. Tom many years later cries out in anger, “The devil take me if I make a farthing”. Later that day the devil knocks on Tom’s door, and when Tom opens it, the devil takes him away. The end.
The analysis: The story of “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving is a well-written masterpiece. We are going to look at two key decisions, and then we are going to look at a deeper analysis of the story. Our two key decisions that Irving made are: What type of deal to make with the devil? And Where to make it? Let’s begin the analysis of “The Devil and Tom Walker”. …show more content…
Irving chose money, which on the surface is insignificant but, it actually is something. It means that people in colonial times found money easier to relate to than wisdom. Just like people in Old England thought a deal for wisdom was easier to relate to, people in late colonial times found a deal for money more relatable. The second big decision is, where to make the deal? (What is the setting?) The setting Irving made for the deal is, an old abandoned Indian fort, in the swamp. It set the perfect ambiance for the deal to be made. But why is this important? Because in the original myth the deal was made in a dark room or a cave. But instead of Irving copying the original he made a new place to meet him. Instead of analyzing just two decisions, we will take a close analyzation of the whole
I chose “The Devil and Tom Walker” for my fictional story. The plot: Tom Walker and his wife are both very miserly. Tom and the devil meet in the woods where the devil offers Tom all the treasure of Capt. Kidd in exchange for a few undisclosed conditions. Tom tells his wife about the devil’s offer, after finding out that Tom isn’t going to make a deal she tries to make a deal with the devil herself, but she dies. Tom finally makes the deal with the devil and becomes a usurer. Tom many years later cries out in anger, “The devil take me if I make a farthing”. Later that day the devil knocks on Tom’s door, and when Tom opens it, the devil takes him away. The end.
The analysis: The story of “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving is a well-written masterpiece. We are going to look at two key decisions, and then we are going to look at a deeper analysis of the story. Our two key decisions that Irving made are: What type of deal to make with the devil? And Where to make it? Let’s begin the analysis of “The Devil and Tom Walker”. …show more content…
Irving chose money, which on the surface is insignificant but, it actually is something. It means that people in colonial times found money easier to relate to than wisdom. Just like people in Old England thought a deal for wisdom was easier to relate to, people in late colonial times found a deal for money more relatable. The second big decision is, where to make the deal? (What is the setting?) The setting Irving made for the deal is, an old abandoned Indian fort, in the swamp. It set the perfect ambiance for the deal to be made. But why is this important? Because in the original myth the deal was made in a dark room or a cave. But instead of Irving copying the original he made a new place to meet him. Instead of analyzing just two decisions, we will take a close analyzation of the whole