The Devil and Tom Walker is a dark Romantic vision that focus on greedy Tom Walker, who care only for himself in his pursuit of riches, Tom character reflect the society of that period because this story appeared in 1824, when American economy was booming. Advances in technology and transportation and rapid growth of cities created large market goods so people of that era are quite materialism and blindly worship wealth such as Tom gains from the devil without ever thinking about its likely sinful origins or its social harms. The character of Tom Walker, Irving use direct characterization when tells the reader that Tom Walker was “not a man to be troubled with any fears” that make this literature be American.