Something Wicked This Way Comes Analysis

We all have dark moments in our lives. Whether we choose to overcome it with light or allow it to take over is up to us. Two renowned classics both present darkness as a recurring theme in the protagonists lives. In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, two best friends, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway encounter a carnival late October, a time that carnivals never come in their town. At first they refuse to believe that it is true but nevertheless, Jim with his curious and fearless personality convinces the fairly conservative Will that they should go explore it. Soon, they discover that the carnival is fueled by evil and sadness. Many of their acquaintances In contrast, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Both novels. The fitter choice for incoming 9th graders to read in preparation for honors English is Something Wicked This Way Comes because it features more intricate character development throughout the story, clever symbolism, and themes that are able to be expanded.

Although both books exhibit this, Something Wicked This Way Comes demonstrates character growth better throughout the book than Frankenstein. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, Charles Halloway, Will’s father, is well aware that he is fifty four years old and not getting any younger. He is filled with mostly sadness and the yearning to become younger. “Watching the boys vanish away, Charles Halloway suppressed a sudden urge to run with them, make the pack.” (17) Yet when faced with the opportunity to become younger by the carouse of the evil carnival,