Will Halloway

Will is the main character in Something Wicked This Way Comes, although Jim and Mr. Halloway certainly have leading roles. When the story begins, Will and his best friend Jim are almost two sides of the same coin: best friends, almost the same age (just short of fourteen-years-old), and inseparable. At the beginning Will tends to be a more introverted and thoughtful type, compared to Jim. As the story goes on Will becomes more and more part of the action, as when he pulls Jim off of the carousel. At the end of the story he is the one to help save both his father and Jim, while Jim is unconscious and near death. Although Jim seems to be the more headstrong of the two, Will proves to be courageous and stubborn when it comes to defeating Mr. Dark and saving his friends and family.

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