During the story the author often uses foreshadowing to give hints to the reader of future events. When the story starts, a storm is coming on a late October night. The storm symbolizes the evil approaching the town. Usually it seems a storm would resemble something dark and evil, because a stormy night is always a classic setting for something evil. At the climax of the story, Charles Halloway reads a passage from Shakespeare which says, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."(p. 137) Again, this passage tells of an evil th

Throughout the story, Jim and Will, who are both around thirteen and are the main characters in the story, are the only people who understand the evil and try to fight it. When Mr.

greediness and ignorance, as he wishes to be a little older. Jim makes the same mistake Mrs. Foley does, but is luckily saved by Will. Jim may be smart enough to realize the true evil of the

During the story, greed makes some of the characters suffer horribly. When Mrs. Foley sees herself as a kid in the mirror maze, she desires to become young again. The carnival gives her the wish, but she realizes the mistake she has made. If Mrs. Foley likes herself as she is, she will not desire to become younger. Everyone wants to stay young, but Mrs. Foley showed her greed when risking her life going back to the carnival. Jim Nightshade also suffers from

carnival, but he still is very tempted. This greed and temptation affects no

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