Washington Irving uses the character Tom to satirize the religious hypocrites.
Step-by-step explanation:
The devil and Tom Walker is a story written by Washington Irving about the man who is always unhappy and distress and who makes a deal with the devil. In this novel Tom acts as a religious hypocrisy.
The deal between the devil and the Tom was that the devil will give Tom all the treasure under the condition if Tom give Devil his soul. But later Tom refused the deal because of which he got punished.