Miss Melanie Transue

CP English 9

6 January 2012

Evil? Or not Evil?

Evil or not evil, that is a question!?! Have you ever suspected anything before? Where you ever accused of being evil? In the book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Jim Nightshade is so evil. The reasons why people he knows thinks that he’s evil is in which he was born, how reckless he is, and how he is “the dark one.”

First things first…. The circumstances in which Jim is born. In the prologue it states that Jim is born on Halloween. It also states that Jim was born “one minute after midnight” (Bradbury, prologue). You know how the youngest is always the sweet one?!? Well in this instance the youngest is the most evil. Just because he was born on Halloween and how he’s the youngest. Yes but he is evil because he was born on Halloween and he is the youngest.

RECKLESS, RECKLESS YOU THINK THAT IM RECKLESS. Yes other people think that Jim is reckless. There is this part in the book where Jim takes down the lightning rod (Bradbury 42 end of chapter 9) I find this very reckless. In the beginning of chapter 18 Will and Jim find the carousel and they say that “its horses, goats, antelopes, zebras, speared through their spines with brass javelins, hung contorted as in a death rictus, asking mercy with their fright-colored eyes, seeking revenge with their panic-colored teeth” (Bradbury, chapter 18 first paragraph). Mr. Dark is evil. We all know that, well that part in the book where he is looking for Will and Jim in the library. Jim for once thought that is was a good idea to yell and give away their position. Jim pays attention to his surroundings. Yes that is true but the only reason why is because he is curious.

     Dark or light? According to Mr. Halloway Jim is a “Black hat.” We can infer that “black hat” means that he is dark or evil because of his actions (Bradbury, End of chapter 4) Jim does some pretty bad stuff, one of the worse is when he sneaks out at night in the middle of the night. Jim and Will are best friends but, Will is always trying to look out for Jim like for instance when Will is trying to pull Jim off the carousal Jim refuses to let Will do this. Jim gets off the carousal but, only because Will made him (Bradbury, chapter 51)

In conclusion Jim is evil because of when he was born, being reckless and how he is “the dark one”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work cited

Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1962.

Print.

DECEMBER DECEMBER!!!

Come and explore with me what December has in store. There will be snow and ice. Then every thing is nice. So come with me and we will explore the wonderful things that are in store.

This month is marvelous

Just come and see

All the wonder thing in store

For you and for me

What is to come?

There is

Snow……..snow

Like you wouldn’t believe

There will be presents and gifts

And trees all aglow

With stars and lights

With sugar plums and candy canes

There’s time with your family

And time with your friends

The only problem is when it’s time to go

Everyone wants to stay

To play in the snow….

So in December to my surprise

There is no snow

Sooooooooo……

I have to go…

Once there was a cat and a mouse. The cat was thinking “oh my that mouse would by mighty tasty.” The mouse was thinking “I really hope that this cat doesn’t eat me!” The cat asked the mouse” would you like something to eat because I would.” The mouse answered “I don’t know, what do you have to eat.” The cat answered “YOU!!” Then he ate the mouse.  

 Limited omniscient

Once there was a cat and a mouse. The cat looked very hungry the mouse thought. So he asked the cat if it was hungry. The cat answered “yes very.” The mouse became very nervous and thought that he was going to die. His suspicion was right that cat ate he up

 darmatic

Once there was a cat and a mouse. The cat was hungry. The mouse became nervous. And the cat ended up eating by that cat.