The Life Of The Family

’“ You shall open a brokers shop in Boston next month” said the black man.”’ Tom agrees to do what the black man said, but instead of opening the next month, he tells the devil that he is willing to open it the next day. This is just like in todays society where people bargain themselves down to a point with devil which makes them feel trapped in a corner and they feel like they cannot get out of the hands of the devil. Tom let the devil get a hold on him and then Tom said, “ The Devil take me,” ….. “ if I have made a fathering.”’ Just as soon as Tom said that, the Devil took him and rode him off to never be seen again. The people in the world today think that it is okay to let the Devil show up here and there. In the long run, he is going to have a hold on people and before they realize it they are his people and he will have them doing works for him instead of the

“ Gabriel: ‘Oh, yeah… I know it. The devil’s strong. The devil ain’t no pushover. Hellhounds snipping at everybody’s heels. But I

The devil does this in order to obtain Tom Walkers soul. As a moneylender, Tom Walker has very bad morals. When he is a moneylender he puts people out of bussiness and tries to make profit off the peoples losses. Washingtong Irving descrbies Tom Walker as, “Thus Tom was universal friend of the needy, and acted like a ‘friend in need’; that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good security. In proportion to the distress of the applicant was the hardness of the terms. He accumulated bonds and mortgages gradually squeezing his customers closer and closer, and sent them at length, dry as a sponge, from his door” (33). Tom Walker doesn’t seem to care about what his afterlife has in store for him. Everything he is doing is just making him worse as a person. This shows how Tom Walker was greedy and how some people will do anything to make money.

“Mystical Creatures of the forest,given to us by the God,I present to you the assassin of your beloved Prince,the person representing all the monsters living behind tall chambers.This monster among many others,have killed our ancestors,our families,and our beloved Prince who ruled beside me for centuries,will be killed in honour of our king in the same way my son was killed today butchered and hung as a victory sign!An eye for

As people grow up, it is made apparent to them that the Devil is an evil and rather a clever person. The greatest example of the devil in action is when the devil tempts Jesus. As most know, the devil fails to get Jesus to do evil. Jesus is both human and divine while the main character of The Devil and Tom Walker, Tom Walker, is a “meager, miserly fellow”. Unfortunately, Tom Walker is not Jesus so the reader must focus in on Washington Irving’s The Devil and Tom Walker to see just exactly how and when the Devil won his game. Irving portrays to the reader that the devil cannot be beaten at his own game through setting, characters, and plot. As people have seen in sports, the setting of a game (where, when, weather, etc.) can have a big impact on the game. The same goes for The Devil and Tom Walker.

“The Devil came to me and bid me to serve him”, A woman named confessed to serving the Devil.

However, on one day filled of discord at the workplace, Tom blew a fuse while arguing with customers. Tom yelled blatant and angrily, “May the devil take me if I’ve made even a penny of you people!” Suddenly, there were 3 heartbreaking knocks on the door and a black silhouette of man slowly walks in. Tom, in a panic, reaches for his Bible that is within his desk but freezes in place as the devil had already grabbed his shoulder. He turned around to see the devil in front of him, curved black horns were emerged from his head and his eyes were fiery. “Today is your resignation day, Tom” the devil said with a deep and ominous voice. He forced Tom out of the shop and into his black Rolls Royce with an all red interior. Tom’s belongings all turned to soot after the devil’s car drove out of sight. Tom was never to be heard of

“ Gabriel: ‘Oh, yeah… I know it. The devil’s strong. The devil ain’t no pushover. Hellhounds snipping at everybody’s

Come, devil, for thee is this world given." He has given up and welcomes the devil.

He strikes fear into the audience by verbally attacking the audience for their lack of faith. He utilizes metaphors as a form of imagery, explaining how the devils in hell “stand waiting for them, like greedy hungry lions that see their prey.” He discusses hell and the devils in order to terrify the audience into repenting for their sins. These vivid descriptions convey an aggressive tone that scares the audience into believing that God is willing to cast them into

Oshosi lives in the woods and is a great hunter and fisherman. He's also a warrior, a magician and a seer with shamanistic powers. Ochosi is the lord of justice, and the patron of those who have problems with the law. He is the protector of children, the weak, the helpless, and the aged. Ochosi lives in an iron cauldron with Ogún, which is placed next to Eleguá near the interior entryway of the home. In order to petition Ochosi for justice, the seeker must be in the right. Ochosi is one of the four warriors, with Eleguá, Ogún and Osun. The eleke for Ochosi is usually blue and yellow, sometimes with green, coral or amber beads. His numbers are 3, 4 and 7.He is associated with Saint Norbert.

Omishto has been in a trance of sorts when her and Ama stalk and kill the panther. They experienced their bodies being controlled by an outside force. During the time she felt that she had no control over the situation, she wanted to dig to bury the dead horse that she is ever so fixed upon. This is one thing that she feels that she has some

Obierika, Okonkwo’s best friend is wiser, refusing to go on the sacrificial march. He warns Okonkwo that the slaying of Ikemefuna does not please the Earth, and prophesizes, "It is the kind of action for which the goddess wipes out whole families" (67). Shortly after Ikemefuna’s death, Okonkwo‘s rusted gun explodes at Ezeudu’s funeral, piercing the heart of the dead man’s son, killing the boy instantly. For killing a clansman, Okonkwo and his entire family are banished and Okonkwo loses his position in his village. It is during this time that Christianity establishes itself in Okonkwo’s village. Returning after seven years, he finds that everything he once knew has changed, as the white man’s law now takes precedence over village customs. The men of his village have become like women and everything is falling apart (183).

“If the devil were doing this to delude me and drag me down to hell, he would make use of means which so completely defeated their own ends by taking away my vices…making me virtuous and strong; for it was quite clear to me that these experiences had immediately made me a different person,” (St. Teresa 43).

The second part of the passage shows the change in the entire village and their reaction, or lack of reaction, to Okonkwo's return. Okonkwo's initial plan was to make his return to Umuofia attract the attention of the entire village with two beautiful daughters, a larger house with room for two more wives, and the initiation of his sons into the ozo society. The "ozo" society, a use of African English to add culture to the novel, is made up of powerful and titled men in the village. To Okonkwo's dismay, he attracts little attention (it was "not as memorable as he had wished") because the village is occupied with the new culture and religion growing in the village. "The clan had undergone such profound change during his exile