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EXPOSITION
The beginning of the story starts our with Tom Walker walking through the woods and meeting the "black man" who told him that he could make Tom wealthy. -
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RISING ACTION
Tom and his wife are having problems and his wife ended up taking all of his valuable items from the house so he ends up making a deal with the black man in the woods to become very rich. -
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CLIMAX
Tom starts to go to church more because he is worried about is soul. He regrets making a deal with the black man and is later confronted by the devil. -
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FALLING ACTION
Tom is picked up and thrown on the horse then is forced to ride away. -
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RESOLUTION
The townspeople go looking for Tom's riches that he left behind, but they find nothing. Tom was never seen again.