something wicked this way comes ray bradbury. background from 1955 to 1962 in los angeles bradbury...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury
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Background• From 1955 to 1962 in Los Angeles Bradbury turned
a ten page story into this novel • Protagonist ·
William Halloway, James Nightshade, and Charles Halloway
• Time frame· Between the 1920s and 50s
• Setting– Green Town, Illinois– October, Fall
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William Halloway
• William means “protector.” • Halloway– “hallowed” = “regarded as holy; venerated;
sacred”; this person will take and protect the “hallowed” or holy way
• What could his name tell you about his personality?
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Jim Nightshade
• James means supplanter (one who takes the place of).• Nightshade: literally "shade of night," perhaps an
allusion to poisonous berries (e.g. deadly nightshade, enchanter’s nightshade)
• What could his name tell you about his personality?
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Characters
In the prologue the author talks about the boy’s age. They are both 13, almost 14. He says, “Both touched toward fourteen; it almost trembled in their hands.”
•What does the author mean by this? •What literary device is the author using? •How does using this literary device affect the story?
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The Book
• Something Wicked This Way Comes is a modern horror story focused on two thirteen-year-old boys who uncover menacing secrets at the carnival that has arrived in town.
• It was published in 1962 by American writer Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury made a significant dent in the horror genre with Something Wicked, influencing later masters of the genre like Stephen King.
• He also made a significant cultural impact; the number of TV shows and
songs that reference his novel is surprisingly large (we've got episodes of South Park ("Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes"), The Simpsons, and Doctor Who just to name a few). This popularity was no doubt escalated by Disney's 1983 movie adaptation of the novel
Shmoop.com
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The Title: Something Wicked this Way Comes
• Comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth• Original Line spoken by the witches: “by the
pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.”
• Translation: By the tingling in my finger, I feel something wicked coming.
What does the title foreshadow?
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
• What does the word “wicked” mean to you?• What is the difference between the words
“wicked” and “bad?”
Wicked: evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful, mischievous or playfully malicious.
• Do you think the author’s choice in the word “wicked” is important? Why?
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
They sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For
they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the
wine of violence.- Proverbs 4:16 -17
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Somewhere not so far back, vast lightnings stomped the
earth.Somewhere, a storm like a great beast with terrible
teeth could not be denied.~ Bradbury
• This is the last line of the opening paragraph of the novel. It uses foreshadowing to indicate something terrible is coming to the town.
• What mood does the author create with this line? What words make you feel that way?
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And that was the October week when
they grew up overnight, and were never so young anymore… ~Bradbury
•What could the author mean by this? •What is he really saying when he says they were never so young anymore?
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Book Trailer
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Sources
• Shmoop.com
• Teacherweb.com
• Applied graphics: California State University
• Lifefamilies.com
• Snipview.com