Tom is a greedy little man who doesn't really care about anyone but himself, we can infer this because in the beginning of the story the author describes Tom as a "meagre miserly fellow". We can also infer that Tom only cares about himself by the fact that when he was wife was murdered, it is shown in the text that he thought the woodsmen (later found out to be the devil) had done him a favor. The next character I want to talk about is Tom's Walker wife, who we never learn the name off. Tom's wife is just as miserly as Tom is and we can infer that because it tells us directly in the text. We can also know she is a selfish person because it is infer directly in text by saying "Whatever the women led hands on she hid away." She also wanted her husband to sold his soul to the devil and when he was questioning it, she grabbed her best silver and went to make the deal herself. The last character I want to talk about is the Devil, you can tell that something is odd about him the first time he was there because he knew about Deacon Peabody. At first you can't tell he's the devil but its indirectly mentioned as he says his nickname "The Black Woodsmen." You can also tell the devil is very manipulative, he tells Tom that he has what he wants which is money, this is directly inferred when he said, "The black man told him of great sums of money..."
