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mikeanisia — 2023-10-25 12:51:08 UTC

"At the length, she determined to drive the bargain on her own account, and if she succeeded, to keep all the gain to herself. Being on the same fearless temper as her husband, she set off for the old Indian fort toward the close of a summer's day. She was many hours absent"

Explanation

mikeanisia — 2023-10-25 12:51:15 UTC

In this passage, the author states that after hearing about the opportunity to make a deal with the devil from Tom Walker, She set out to make the deal on her own after Tom refused to share the deal with her. Out of greed to gain riches she goes into the woods where tom took the short cut and never returns home after her journey.

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-25 12:51:22 UTC

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-25 13:12:24 UTC

"There was nothing, however, to administer upon. On searching his coffers, all his bonds and mortgages were reduced to cinders. In place of gold and silver, his iron chest was filled with chips and shavings; two skeletons lay in his stable instead of his half-starved horses, and the very next day his great house took fire and was burned to the ground."

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-25 13:20:30 UTC

"Tom, you're come for," said the black fellow, gruffly. Tom shrank back, but too late. He had left his little Bible at the bottom of his coat-pocket and his big Bible on the desk buried under the mortgage he was about to foreclose: never was sinner taken more unaware. The black man whisked him like a child into the saddle, gave the horse the lash, and away he galloped, with tom on his back, in the midst of the thunder- storm".

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-25 13:24:05 UTC

In this passage, the author states that the black fellow who offered the deal to Tom has come for him and Tom is taken away by the black fellow on a horse. This part of the story shows that greed will get you nowhere and in the end tom's sins result in his disappearance.

mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 12:45:33 UTC

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 12:50:59 UTC

In the end, this passage represents Tom's wasted riches. The riches he wanted so badly to have turned into useless things. His house burned down as well leaving nothing of his belongings.

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 12:51:53 UTC

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 13:18:58 UTC

"This, however, Tom resolutely refused; he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave-trader".

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 15:21:51 UTC

In this passage, we can see that Tom is in fact a hypocrite and claims he is too morally right to become a slave trader, however, Tom has already shown many times that he has evil thoughts.

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 15:22:14 UTC

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-26 15:23:39 UTC

"The black man told him of great sums of money buried by Kidd the pirate under the oak-trees on the high ridge, not far from the morass. All these were under his command, and protected by his power so that none could find them but such as propitiated his favor. These he offered to place within Tom Walker's reach, having conceived an especial kindness for him; but they were to be had only on certain conditions."

Explanation

mikeanisia — 2023-10-29 00:08:48 UTC

In this passage, Old Scratch who is in fact the devil tempts Tom Walker to make a deal with him. Tom Walker is tempted by the devil and giving in to his temptations ends up dying at the end of the story.

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mikeanisia — 2023-10-29 00:32:08 UTC