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From "the Devil and Tom Walker ". How does Tom react to the devil and his offer? What does this tell you about tom?

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Tom Walker, the protagonist of Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker," meets the Devil in a swampy land on his way home. Tom, having lived with an abusive wife, "had no fear of the devil." So he was comfortable around the Devil
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