Wicked

Laughter is the World’s greatest cure “So in sum, what are we? We are the creatures that know and know too much. That leaves us with such a burden again we have a choice, to laugh or cry.” ― Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes in 1962. It is a dark fantasy about how a carnival operates on the fear of its customers. Many attractions at the carnival symbolized deeper meaning into how it truly operates. The symbols distinctively illustrate acceptance…

She does not command her companions or give orders, or if she gives any orders these words are omitted and only the results are described. This is the case in chapter XIII when Dorothy has melted the Wicked Witch of the West and freed her friend, the cowardly Lion, the text reads: “They went in together to the castle, where Dorothy’s first act was to call all the Winkies together and tell them that they were no longer slaves” (87). This moment is not…

In the novel Something Wicked this Way Comes, the character is Miss Foley goes through many internal and external conflicts. Miss Foleys main internal conflict is expressed through “the fact is… she looked like myself, many, many years ago” (Bradbury 65), by showing how Miss Foleys main desire is youth. This shows her internal conflict by describing how the mirror maze reflected Miss Foley as young girl that representing her strongest desire; she regrets things she didn’t do as young girl,…

Section one: Characterization The dust witch can be seen as having a wicked behavior and has an attitude shift throughout the novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes. The Dust Witch can be seen having wicked behavior, and then having an attitude shift to weak when the author says, “Charles Halloway giggled. Why? The witch pulled back the merest quarter inch as if some strange but hidden electric socket, touched with wet whirl, gave shock.” (Bradbury, 228) When Mr. Dark sends the dust witch to go…

The book that I read was Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. This is a book about a bullied high schooler named Amy Gumm. Amy lives in Flat Hill, Kansas with her neglectful, drug-addicted mom and her mom’s pet rat, Star. When Amy gets suspended for “fighting” with Madison Pendleton, one of Amy’s bullies who also happens to be pregnant, Amy is sent home early. She comes home only to find that her mom is going to a bar for a party even with the impending doom of an approaching tornado. When her…

In the second quotation from the Wizard of Oz, the King of the winged monkeys tells Dorothy the story behind the Golden Cap. Dorothy became the owner of the Golden Cap after she melted the Wicked Witch of the West with a bucket of water, she took the cap from the Witch’s cupboard because she thought it was pretty. The Golden Cap is not configured by manmade ingenuity, but rather it is enchanted by a spell and forces the Winged Monkeys to obey…

This book has a sense of mystery and action which will appeal to every reader.Most people in middle school should be familiar with the classic story of Oz with Dorothy and the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion trying to save Oz from the wicked witch of the west.I would rate this book an eight out of ten because Daniella Paige flips the whole story on The Wizard of Oz and makes Dorothy evil and the witches good which is a genre I enjoy and prefer to get the villains side of the story.This…

characterization in the novels “Fahrenheit 451” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes” both by Ray Bradbury are very similar. The novel Fahrenheit 451 is set in the 24th century where the whole population is controlled and where books are illegal. Guy Montag, a fireman is discovered to have hidden a book and then meets an outlaw group. The outlaw groups purpose is to preserve books by memorizing them before they are destroyed. In the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury, two…

I decided to do my compare and contrast paper on “Our Secret” written by Isabel Allen and the story “Wicked Girl” also written by Isabel Allen. In the story “Our Secret” the young boy and young girl whose names aren’t mention they share a hurt that doesn’t let them trust one another. It seems as though these two have been through something harsh that it is hard for them to share a connection because although they do share it, it isn’t fully opened to them. “He could not talk to her about that,…

In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury a theme is, in order to have good relationships we need to trust our peers. One event that shows this theme is when Will and Jim are framed for stealing Miss Foley’s jewelry. Will and his dad are talking after the incident. On p. 131 it states, ¨ At the same time, boy, Miss Foley’s won, too, because now we're criminals. Nobody'll believe what we say.¨ ¨I'll believe.¨ says Will's dad. During a time when Will and Jim feel like nobody…