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The Devil and Tom Walker in the Blues

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**Brittani Moss** : In our explanation of Washington Irving's "Devil and Tom Walker" we impersonated Tom Walker's character in a blues musician themed tone. Our performance and particular genre of music separated us from the rest of the groups because it delivered a subtle persona that targeted the moral of the story. In this task my group and I used events, emotions, and the conflicts of Tom Walker's character and combined it in a terminology of call and response. Like blues music Tom Walker lived a devilish, melancholy and sad life. The mellow voice and draining sounds described the emotion of his dark being and mysterious story, it programmed a theme for the setting and gave a surrounding voice of the story.

TierraR : For this particular activity, my group and I recalled main points in the story to form a song with a blues appeal. The song summarized the story of Tom Walker's characteristics and conflicts.