The purpose of this story is for people to realize money is the number one goal for people is today’s society. Irving imagined one dimensional characters and put them in unrealistic situations. “The black man whisked him like a child astride the horse and away he galloped in the midst of a thunderstorm. The clerks stuck their pens behind their ears and stared after him from the windows. Away went Tom Walker, dashing down the streets; his white cap bobbing up and down; his morning gown fluttering in the wind, and his steed striking fire out of the pavement at every bound. When the clerks turned to look for the black man he had disappeared,” Irving writes in his 4th to last paragraph. He uses imagination in this quote by having the devil come and take him away from his office after his had made profit from Kidd’s treasure. This symbolizes that being greedy isn’t a good quality, and that nobody likes a greedy person, aiding to his purpose of how greedy people are in
The purpose of this story is for people to realize money is the number one goal for people is today’s society. Irving imagined one dimensional characters and put them in unrealistic situations. “The black man whisked him like a child astride the horse and away he galloped in the midst of a thunderstorm. The clerks stuck their pens behind their ears and stared after him from the windows. Away went Tom Walker, dashing down the streets; his white cap bobbing up and down; his morning gown fluttering in the wind, and his steed striking fire out of the pavement at every bound. When the clerks turned to look for the black man he had disappeared,” Irving writes in his 4th to last paragraph. He uses imagination in this quote by having the devil come and take him away from his office after his had made profit from Kidd’s treasure. This symbolizes that being greedy isn’t a good quality, and that nobody likes a greedy person, aiding to his purpose of how greedy people are in