In Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Charles Halloway does not know how to express his feelings and is fighting within himself. He is distant due to the fact he does not to know how to reach out to others. He is afraid that he is to old to bond with his son, and he fears death. Later on he figures himself out and starts to accept himself and life. Charles Halloway overcomes his own fears and inner emotions he struggled to grasp and comprehend. It is human to feel emotions such as envy, sadness, anger, fear, and happiness. At one point or another people feel as if life is spiralling out of control without having a grasp of their emotions.
Charles Halloway fears the idea of dying and the effects of ageing. Even though Halloway wishes to be able to play with his son Will and his son’s best friend Jim he “[suppresses] the urge to run with …show more content…
He stops worrying about death and the future, stops living in the past and starts living in the now. He figures out that Death does not matter at the moment, and that the thought of Death will not spoil his happiness because “everything that happens before Death is what counts” (pg.289). He comes to terms to his son still needs his father, that Will is still a child and will needs his help when other evil comes. He recognizes that even though they defeated the evil they are still more to come and they will not look the same for the come in different sizes and perhaps “they’re already here”(Pg. 289). Charles Halloway understands that “demons” are not just physical, but they are also emotional that they live inside us all. That it is a struggle to overcome them by ourselves. He knows that there will be a point in life where Will will need his father by his side to fight them
Charles Halloway fears the idea of dying and the effects of ageing. Even though Halloway wishes to be able to play with his son Will and his son’s best friend Jim he “[suppresses] the urge to run with …show more content…
He stops worrying about death and the future, stops living in the past and starts living in the now. He figures out that Death does not matter at the moment, and that the thought of Death will not spoil his happiness because “everything that happens before Death is what counts” (pg.289). He comes to terms to his son still needs his father, that Will is still a child and will needs his help when other evil comes. He recognizes that even though they defeated the evil they are still more to come and they will not look the same for the come in different sizes and perhaps “they’re already here”(Pg. 289). Charles Halloway understands that “demons” are not just physical, but they are also emotional that they live inside us all. That it is a struggle to overcome them by ourselves. He knows that there will be a point in life where Will will need his father by his side to fight them