Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Stuff To Think About

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Brainstorm ideas about the two boys

• Will Halloway Jim Nightshade

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William Halloway

• William means protector.
• Halloway hallowed regarded as holy
  venerated sacred this person will take and
  protect the hallowed or holy way

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Jim Nightshade

• James means supplanter (one who takes the place
  of).
• Nightshade  literally "shade of night," perhaps
  an allusion to poisonous berries (e.g. deadly
  nightshade, enchanters nightshade)

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Turn to page 15, in the middle of the page where
  Mr. Halloway asks Will if he wants a white-hat or
  a black-hat book. Read from there to the end of
  the chapter.
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• 1. What does each hat represent?
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• White Black
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• 2. When Jim asks Mr. Halloway which hat hed
  chosen, what does he mean?
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• 3. Mr. Halloway replies, Since you need to
  ask, Jim, you make me wonder. What does that
  mean? Find another way to say it.

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1. What impact will that decision which hat to
   wear have on the conflict?
2. Is everyone just one thing, good or evil?
   Explain. Keep an open mind about the novel.
3. What is the difference between being a certain
   kind of person and putting on a certain kind of
   hat?

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Brainstorm what you know about lightning

• Mark Twain said
• The difference between the right word and the
  almost right word is the difference between
  lightning and lightning bug.
• Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it
  is lightning that does the work.

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What is a lightning rod?

• 1. a rodlike conductor installed to divert
  lightning away from a structure by providing a
  direct path to the ground.
• Think about what it would mean for a person to be
  a lightning rod.

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Figurative Lightning Rod

• 2. a person or thing that attracts and absorbs
  powerful and esp. negative or hostile feelings,
  opinions, etc., thereby diverting such feelings
  from other targets The unpopular supervisor
  served as a lightning rod for the criticism that
  should have been aimed at management.

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Emerging Themes

1. Lack of contentment with life. (Temptation
   Wanting what you cant have be careful what you
   wish for.)
2. Good vs. Evil
3. Order vs. Chaos
4. End of Innocence
5. How should loyalty govern our decisions loyalty
   to people/ loyalty to principles?

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Tom Fury

1. Is he a force for good or a force for evil? Why?
2. Is his hat different from who he is at heart?
   Why or why not?

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Warm up

• Open to page 22 read the part about the barber
  pole.
• Watch the video clip of the moving barber pole.
• Answer WHY doesnt Will want Mr. Crosetti to
  turn the pole off. What might it symbolize?

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Literary Elements To Look For

• allusion
• characterization
• prose
• metaphor
• symbolism
• theme
• motif
• typecasting
• personification
• conflict

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Characterization

• Make a T-chart with Will on the left and Jim on
  the right.
• Beneath each name, explore what you think each
  boy fears. Be sure to support your opinion with
  evidence from the text! __________________________
  _______________
• Wills fears are easier to explore than Jims,
  and yet Will is the protector if we are to
  believe that Bradbury gave him that name for a
  reason.

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Wills fears Jims fears
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Wills fears Jims fears

• being left behind 1. boredom/ sameness
• unpredictability 2. getting hurt
• bad stuff happening emotionally
• the big world 3. missing something
• the unknown 4. Wills not being there
• people getting hurt to protect him
• losing Jim (periodically)
• chaos/lack of order 5. not knowing
• danger
• disappointing people

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More of Wills fears

1. being alone 21. losing innocence
2. taking risks 22. the unnatural
3. secrecy 23. being unable to
4. lightning/storm protect those he loves
5. doing something bad
6. the future
7. getting in trouble
8. the carnival
9. facing certain unpleasant realities
10. evil

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Last characterization question

• Who will be better equipped to battle the evil of
  the carnival, Will or Jim? WHY???

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Misc.

• Charles Halloway
• Charles means free man according to some
  texts. What is he free from? Is it ironic?
• Calliope Officially, this is a character from
  Greek mythology dedicated to music. She was said
  to be the muse of Homer in writing the epic
  poems The Iliad and The Odyssey. It is also the
  name of an organ that was used in carnivals,
  particularly on the carousel. We have come to
  associate it with the carousel and the even the
  carousels horses.

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Dont forget

• The natural order of things when its reversed
  or interfered with, we must notice it!
• Supernatural unnatural!

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Find several examples in the reading

• of the natural order of things being
  compromised or going awry in some way. Make sure
  you put around your text and cite the page
  number.

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Lit. Warm Up

• Which themes were most evident in Part I.
  Arrivals? Support your opinion with textual
  evidence, including quotations and page s.
• Note When something unexpected/unnatural
  happens, who makes the most of it, turning it to
  his advantage? Explain this phenomenon as it
  occurs in chapter 24.

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Themes in Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Death of innocence
• Temptation
• Good vs. Evil
• Age vs. Youth
• Order vs. Chaos.
• The world is composed of opposing forces.
• Qualities of friendship loyalty to people,
  loyalty to principles
• Power of love Love triumphs (or does it?).
  Counter evil with __________________.

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Use simple sentences to address 1

• Is it possible for one person to make up for the
  deficiencies in another person? Why or why not?
• Use complex sentences to address 2
• 2. Is that what Will is trying to do for Jim?
  How do you know?

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Identify the speaker of some of my favorite
quotations!

• 1. Now, look, since when did you think being
  good meant being happy?
• 2. For being good is a fearful occupation men
  strain at it and sometimes break in two.
• 3. Anything I could say or do to make you
  happy, I would.
• 4. Death makes everything else sad. But death
  itself only scares. If there wasnt death, all
  the other things wouldnt get tainted.

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Misc.

1. Who said, Im a fool? Why did this person
   refer to himself this way?
2. In the reading from last night, in what way did
   the boys make their own storm? (Its nothing
   profound.)

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Write a paragraph summarizing the events in
chapter 30

• Use the following terms in your summary. CIRCLE
  each term ONCE
• 1. Dust Witch 8. rip
• 2. Will 9. smile
• 3. abandoned house 10. alone
• 4. bow
• 5. basket
• 6. thoughts
• 7. arrow

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• Using compound sentences only, address 1.
• The boys are often described as kites. Is that
  image linked more to the natural order of things
  or to something outside of the natural order of
  things? Prove it.
• Using complex sentences only, address 2.
• Describe the most remarkable part of Wills scene
  with the Dust Witch. What surprised you?
• Using complex sentences only, address 3.
• 3. How does that scene help characterize Will?

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• 1. Write at least one quiz question (on chaps.
  33-37) that you would get wrong if you had to
  answer it right now.
• 2. How is Mr. Halloway changing?
• As you answer the question, consider his own
  fears and view of himself as well as his sons
  perception of him.

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Characterization

• Who would you cast in these roles if you were to
  make a movie of the novel?
• Will --
• Jim--
• Mr. Halloway--
• Miss Foley--
• Tom Fury--
• Mr. Dark--
• Mr. Cooge--
• Robert--
• Mr. Crosetti--

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28 October 2010

• 1. Compare and contrast the symbols of
• Mr. Crosettis barbers pole and Cooger and
  Darks carousel.
• 2. Which type of conflict is (or seems) most
  prevalent in the story so far? Prove it find 5
  quotes to support your position.

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• Hand in your 3 questions, please.
• Turn to some random pages in the past 40
  chapters.
• Find several examples of the bizarre images
  Bradbury creates using figurative language. List
  at least 3 examples of his bizarre imagery.
• INCLUDE THE PAGE NUMBER!
• Identify the figures of speech used.

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Now, get in your group and work on your quotes!