The Devil And Tom Walker, was effective in relaying a message in the form of a legend. I would say that the story was basically based off of the moral message. If the message was not there then the story would not technically even exist. The main message of the story was not to be greedy and my opinion is that Irving used a lot of good figurative language and techniques to make this message and legend come to life. The beginning of the story was put together very well by establishing the setting, introducing characters and an incident that lead into the rest of the story. Another thing that was a big part in the story was that when Irving characterized Tom, he described him as one who has miserly tendencies(a foreshadowing effect on