Something Wicked This Way Comes Will Halloway Character Changes

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In Ray Bradbury’s novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” we follow the story through the eyes of a young boy named Will Halloway. However, Will Halloway is not the character who goes through a major journey like most main characters. Instead, his father, Charles Halloway is the one who goes through the most change. This change can be seen by the immense character flaws he exhibits at the beginning of the novel, the conflicts he goes through, and how those conflicts change him for the better in the end. At the beginning of the novel Charles is a very unhappy man. He works at the library so much that he rarely sees his family. Because of this he has no relationship with his son; in fact at the beginning of the novel, our first introduction …show more content…

The conflict is used to force Charles into standing up for himself and his family and because of it he is able to find faith and inner strength. We see Charles’ turning point when he has to defeat the Witch. At first, he submits completely and is ready to die saying “Get it over with! I’m here!” We see that he has completely given up and just wants his pain to end. However, once he starts watching the Witch cast her spell he begins to start laughing uncontrollably. This positive emotion is painful to the Witch and it causes her to flee. After she flees he realizes he has found a way to beat them and says to himself, “... you did win something, didn’t you? What’s victory taste like? Think! Try to remember (Bradbury 231)!” Here Bradbury is again showing Charles’ flaws from the beginning, he has forgot what it was like to win and adventure. By having this victory he remembers what it was like to have hope, and because of that is able to push on and save his son from Mr. Dark. After he defeats the Witch and Mr. Dark, his character flaws are resolved. He now has the respect of his son who had previously said he wanted to never be like him; this is shown when Will says, ‘"Oh, Dad, I don't care how old you are, ever! I don't care what, I don't care anything! Oh, Dad,’ he cried, weeping. ‘"I love you (Bradbury 258)!"’ He also found inner

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