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Throughout Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury, there is a constant battle between good and evil, and many problems dealing with greed. In most stories good prevails, but things happen differently this time. The characters, as in real life, have problems with greed and evil thoughts, which will bring them great misfortune during the story. During the story the author often uses foreshadowing to give hints to the reader of future events. When …

…happening in the world, and this story is just a small piece of that fight. Part of the fight between man and the evil that lurks within is the simple problem of greed and selfishness. The evil didn’t really win in this story, it just didn’t lose. Neither good or evil wins in life, because the struggle will never end, and people will live with this struggle for the rest of their lives.