Character Analysis: Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Diabolical Carnival Here I come
Growing up can sometimes be difficult for anyone, when all there is run to the library and sneak out at night to play in the back yard with your best friend. Even though Will lives in the moment, he still goes through unusual experiences that any boy can encounter. In the book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, William Halloway comes as an altruistic boy that tries to say the day by saving people from making the wrong decisions, he also encountered plenty of gain in confidence to reach past the carousel and its people, and through the story he has had the chance to become closer to his father, and the realization that people just need to incorporate living in the moment.
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After hiding from the freaks and being able to escape without being fetched, Will receives plenty of help from his father and also obtains the relationship he hasn’t had with his father. By having all of this through his mind, the need to run away, and having someone to be there for you, you know it’s going to be fine. Although Will can’t see his father without putting him at risk, they called each other and receives information on what's going on out there by, and worrying about him; that’s where he acquired his confidence from and the mature attitude. All he wanted was to grow up and he got it, literally. Having his dad by his side, Will accidently enters the carousel trying to push Jim out. If Will’s dad hadn’t been there they wouldn't had the chance to seize out in time. After getting off, Jim was close to death, while Will and his dad are laughing it off in part of death. They both achieved what they wanted, the carnival to finale go away,” No, we did it together,”(Bradbury 213) Will’s dad insisted. Moreover, they earned to have the strong relationship that had been hiding, and that had disappeared through the years. As it happened Will learned from his dad that death it's not important, all you need is live in the moment. The carnival might come back and he knew if it would he would have his father there to help him in the occasion. He got to know that age isn’t everything. Sometimes all there is, is to live the moment. Will perceived that instead of worrying and being anxious to grow up, he should just enjoy his childhood and keep sneaking trying to have as much fun there is, “Is death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts,” (Bradbury