Devil And Tom Walker
... ” It can be deduced that Tom Walker, from the short story entitled “Tom Walker and the Devil”, did indeed deserve the fate that which upon he was given. ... Before Tom Walker even got to the point of selling himself to the devil, he was given many warnings that death would be the result. The first two encounters with the devil it was shown that the man was only concerned about killing people. When Tom hears the story about Deacon Peabody, it can be plainly seen that the foreshadowing takes place.