Something Wicked This Way Comes
In Ray Bradbury's novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, the two protagonists, boys, both nearly fourteen years old, go by the names of Will and Jim. They live in a small town, next door to each other. Often, they are thought to be complete opposites, but if the reader looks closely, they can see similarities existing within the differences. Though Will and Jim have differences, which Bradbury shows in part by the way that other characters perceive them and how daring they each are, the boys also share similarities, such as their origins and mutual fear of the carnival people. Primarily, Bradbury displays the differences between Will and Jim through Charles Halloway's opinions about the boys and Jim's recklessness and Will's prudence. Charles Halloway, Will's father, has distinct opinions about the boys' personalities. Charles, alone in the library, thinks about the two boys, "That's Jim, all bramble hair and itchweed. And Will? Why he's the last peach, high on a summer tree" (14). This passage portrays the boys as two very different characters. Charles compares Jim to "bramble hair and itchweed," showing that those who know Jim best
At the same time Charles relates Will to "the last peach," indicating that Will is seen as innocent, introverted and even a little sheltered. discern him turbulent, harsh and definite. "I talk, Jim runs" shows that while Will thinks things through and talks about them, Jim does these things without anythought of their consequences. All these comparisons that Will is pondering illustrate that Will is more practical while Jim is more spontaneous. Their origins help the reader to ponder how two characters with such similar backgrounds could be so different.
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