Comparing Decision Making In The Devil And Tom Walker And The Box

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In these two decisions making process there were some similarities and differences. Both stories had a decision to make. Both of them affect someone's lives. In both of the stories at least someone died because of that decision. The wife was killed by the devil. The difference in the story of ‘’The Devil & Tom Walker’’ is that Tom had to make the deal with the devil. In the end he ended up becoming wealthy. In the story of ‘’The Box’’ the decision was between wife, husband and the weird looking guy. The decision didn’t stop there, it was determined by the decision of the next family's opportunity to push the button. Norma was shot by her husband.

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