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Something Wicked This Way Comes

In Ray Bradbury’s , Jim and Will are
portrayed as characters with few similarities: being extremely close in age, and living
next door to each other being the two main parallels. Will is born only minutes before
his counterpart, but he is born in the closing minutes of All Saints Day, October 30, and

Jim in the initial minutes of Halloween. As for these two days that the boys are born, the

former seems to represent righteousness and innocence, while the connotations that

belong to Halloween are evil and depressing; two consecutive holidays, yet completely

opposite implications. The fact that Jim and Will are born within minutes of each other

draws them closer, but ...

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running slower to stay with Will, Will running faster to stay with Jim"(18).

This comes towards the beginning when the two are sprinting home, one running slower

than his normal pace and the other faster. Obviously running faster is an opposite of

running slower, and it is understood that the two are running together. Therefore, when

the two opposites (running faster and running slower) are applied together, they fit

perfectly since the boys are running with each other. Another example is "The wind flew

Jim away. A similar kite, Will swooped to follow"(16). This quotation comes early in

the novel, when Jim wants to return home as quickly as possible in anticipation of a

coming storm. In this case, the opposites are that Jim is a leader, and very impulsive,

while Will always follows along with Jim’s plan. These two different personality traits

are combined, though, as the boys are both doing the same action of running home. ...

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Added: 1/6/2007 09:10:02 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 715
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