Authors and artists use satire to make a statement about the current state of economics or just the overall nature of different situations. In a story that has to deal with satire the author is criticizing human nature and society. How people act and feel. Irving uses satire to criticise religion and how not all religious icons (Popes and Deacons) are perfect and don't do bad things like everyone else.
In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Tom the main character and his wife care more about their property then their marriage. They both hide their valuable possessions away from each other, so that the other would not steal them. His wife is a very assertive woman she hits tom when they fight. Which is probably the reason why she got her self
In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Tom the main character and his wife care more about their property then their marriage. They both hide their valuable possessions away from each other, so that the other would not steal them. His wife is a very assertive woman she hits tom when they fight. Which is probably the reason why she got her self