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Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes - Research Paper

Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes

Someone knows your secret dream, that one great wish that you would pay
anything for. That person suddenly makes your dream come true - before you
learn the price you have to pay. Ray Bradbury's, Something Wicked This Way
Comes, is a chilling and suspenseful thriller, making a boy's secret dream come
true right before his own eyes and that of his friend's too. The story in this
book continually jumps back and forth between three characters; two which are
always together and the other the library janitor and father of the one.
Bradbury's style keeps the book flowing smoothly throughout all of his hopping
and skipping around. He seems to be a mastermind of writing as the story
develops ...

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their own words, telling the same. Jim Nightshade and William
Halloway, neighbors and best friends, one born a minute before October thirtieth
and one born a minute after October thirtieth, both lay there in Jim's front
yard. The salesman stopped and told them that the storm was coming and it was
coming for them. One of their houses would get struck by lightning and who was
to say which one. "This," said the salesman, "is the one." He had been talking
about Jim's house, his was the one to get struck.
Will's father, a janitor for the town library, knew the storm was coming
too. He had never sensed one quite like this, so fierce and strong. As the
kids arrived to get their books, he smiled and whispered, "Just a storm, nothing
but a storm." He helped Will and Jim get their books then sent them home
quickly and then followed soon after.
Both Jim and Will, and Will's father had seen the signs of the carnival
to come, but in the month of October. Either way the boys were ...

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Added: 12/15/2004 04:44:48 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
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