portrayed as characters with few similarities: being extremely close in age, and living

next door to each other being the two main parallels. Will is born only minutes before

his counterpart, but he is born in the closing minutes of All Saints Day, October 30, and

Jim in the initial minutes of Halloween. As for these two days that the boys are born, the

former seems to represent righteousness and innocence, while the connotations that

belong to Halloween are evil and depressing; two consecutive holidays, yet completely

opposite implications. The fact that Jim and Will are born within minutes of each other

draws them closer, but like the difference between the two holidays they exemplify, the

situation still has them separated. The relationship that Jim and Will possess consists of

interdependent opposites, and their interactions between each other develop a unity that

consistently brings the two companions closer together.

Jim and Will's relationship is connected

while Will always follows along with Jim's plan. These two different personality traits

into trouble. They are brought closer together by the fact that they are afraid to be alone

truly depend on each other for security. This novel is about the differing personalities of

On the following page, Jim says "You'll always be with me, huh, Will?"(69). Straight

opposite traits or actions are placed together, they are interdependent; matched perfectly

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Approximate Word count = 735
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)