Bradbury´s Something Wicked This Way Comes

Butterflies are famous because of the natural beauty they posses. Also, a lot of people wait for their journey being from an ugly caterpillar, into their resting stage inside a cocoon, into their transformation to butterfly. Their transformation is part of their natural cycle of life but sometimes influenced by their environment. In Ray Bradbury’s fiction novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Bradbury presents a dynamic character dubbed as a man troubled by age, finding his way out of his weakness experience a metamorphosis from an old biter janitor into a brave and loving father. What would happen if Charles Halloway would let his pride eat him?

Charles Holloway’s physical features in the book represent his changes towards his odyssey. In the library, Bradbury describes the janitor as, “A man with moon white hair” (15). Charles Halloway does not want to deal with will too much, because it only makes him sad for being old, and seeing his son young. After his confrontation with Mr. Dark in Mr. Tetley’s cigar shop, Charles Halloway changed. Bradbury described Halloway while waiting for Mr. Dark to come on the library as someone as, “Someone way down there book corridor, an oldish man whispered his broom” (19). It could be seen in Bradbury’s words that Charles Halloway does not care anymore about his age. This means that Halloway is now ready to fight and conquer his weaknesses. Charles Halloway’s acceptance of the truth is evidence that he had undergone a metamorphosis.

Halloway’s attribute also indicates evidences of his transformation. Charles sees a hairy man placing up posters on the walls and Charles grabs a poster with the words “Cooger and Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show.” At home, Will asks his fath...

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...c actions which turned into aggressive acts exemplify his change in the story.

The man troubled by age uses his bravery and experience to become a loving father to his son. His physical appearance might not change, but the most important thing is his view in life. His passiveness turned courageousness gives us evidence that he changed deep inside. Also, his simple yet remarkable dialogues show his shift of mood in the story. Lastly, his static actions turned aggressive acts exemplify his transformation in the story. Given with these evidences, it is true that Charles Halloway is a dynamic character who experienced metamorphosis. Luckily, Charles Halloway successfully passed all hindrances towards his bloom like a caterpillar which successfully turned into a beautiful, stunning, and gorgeous butterfly.

Works Cited

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury