Compare And Contrast Tom Walker And Jabez Stone

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Tom Walker and Jabez Stone “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Stephen Vincent Benet are short stories that both have their own unique events about how the characters made deals with the devil. They also have different actions for the turning point in the story. The Character of Tom Walker and Jabes Stone both have unique lives and personalities which I think would brings a great topic to compare and contrast about. Tom and Jabez have different settings but then comes together to create similar events and outcomes. Tom Walker’s devil is a dark-skinned man with red eyes, red sash, and an axe. Tom was a malicious, greedy person who dealt with the devil in order to gain some wealth. He and his wife would fight constantly day after day. Tom was not a wealthy person …show more content…

First of all, both Tom Walker and Jabes Stone are not wealthy people and they are not the happiest in the world. In frustration, they both decided to deal with the devil and sold their soul to the devil. Both Tom and Jabes got what they wanted but only for a temporary time. On the contrary, the turning points to both the stories are a little different from one another because Tom loses to the devil and the devil took him away. On the other hand, Jabes Won with the help of the lawyer named Daniel Webster against his opponent and the devil was banished also to never come near Jabez and his family ever again. Furthermore, “The Devil and Tom Walker” illustrate that the devil is dark-skinned, red eyes, red sash and with an axe, while “The Devil and Daniel Webster”, the devil actually looked decent , with nice suit and gentlemen. In conclusion, Tom and Jabez are two different people but their stories creates similar themes. Those are the unique ways of how they relate to each other including how they dealt with the two

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