William Halloway had the most change in character in the book, Something Wicked This Way Comes. He starts out as a scared, wimpy kid. He is always in the background of Jim Nightshade. Will tags along with Jim and never speaks up for himself. Will keeps his opinions to himself, but if he had spoken up, they would not have been in the predicament they ended up in. He followed Jim to the carnival even though he didn’t want to. Will tried to tell Jim to put the lightning rod on his house, but he didn’t have the courage to tell him a second time. William was also terrified to tell his dad what was going on with the carnival and Mr. Dark. In the middle of the book, Will was still scared and played in the background, but he started to speak up for