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                             The Devil and Tom Walker 

                                                       By Washington Irving

                 This story  has indirect an direct characterization.  Because at the starting  of the story it talks about Tom  walker having a conversation with someone that doesn't  have one name but many names in different places. Who is the devil . But Tom was not scared of talking to the devil.That is a indirect characterization because it does not tell you that Tom is a brave  person. As the devil talks to Tom he tells him about a buried  treasure that once a pirate named kid had buried .He told him that he will give him some of that money in exchange of something but in the story it did not say what it was. But it did not talk about what it is he wanted.  Before he made a decision  he  had to talk to his wife about what happen in the forest and then he told her he did not take the offer .And that was and indirect because he is not sure to  barging  with the devil. Later it talks about his wife getting mad because he does not make a deal with the devil. So she decides the next day to go out and look for the devil so she can barging  and get the treasure form the devil. She will not split the treasure with her husband that is what she says to herself. That is a direct characterization because she says she is not going to split the money with Tom because she is gritty.Then the next day he notice that his wife had carried off in a sack a " silver teapot and spoon with a every portable iteam." This is a indirect characterization  because she did not care about what Tom has said and went on her own to look for the man in the dark sweater "Devil" to try to bargain with him for the gold that he offered to Tom.
         Later in the story Tom can not find his wife. He is worried about his wife because she takes the silver out their house into the swamp, so he looks for her and finds the sack where all the silver was carried but his wife was no were to be found. Out of the no were he decides to look inside the sack and he finds her heart inside. Then he looks for the devil to thank him for getting rid of her wife and that's a direct characterization. As you can see this short story has a lot of direct and indirect  characterization.