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Analysis Of Tom Walker's Greed

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Tom Walker comes across the devil when walking through the woods on his way home. The devil reels Tom Walker in by speaking of money hidden away, the devil tells Tom Walker he can help him obtain the money on certain terms. We know Tom Walker is greedy because on page three hundred and fourteen, lines seventeen through twenty two, "...there lived near this place a meager, miserly fellow, the name of Tom Walker. He had a wife as miserly as himself: they even conspired to cheat each other. ..her husband was continually prying about to detect her secret hoards." Tom Walker wanted nothing but wealth. We again see that he is greedy due to his actions on page three hundred and nineteen to three hundred and twenty, lines one hundred and eighty eight

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