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 …showed first 75 words of 753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 753 total…Ultimately, though Will and Jim have many differences, which are shown by the way that other characters perceive them and how daring they each are, the boys also have many similarities, such as their similar origins and their mutual fear of the carnival people. When one reads deeply into Bradbury’s novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, it is seen that Will and Jim, the protagonists, share as many similarities as they do differences. 748 words