From “how much land does a man need? ” (pahom, the devil, pahom's wife, or pahom's sister-in-law) and describe the character type that character represents in the story. do you think the author is preparing that character for development later in the story?

Pahom's wife's older sister who brags about the luxuries of the rich life. Pahom overhears her and decides that he would not fear the devil if he had as much land as he wanted.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.