Jim and Will have very different and opposing personalities, and while Jim constantly wants to explore and try new things, Will doesn't want to do the same thing nor always agree with Jim. But Jim has no problem doing things without Will, and what Will wants, it doesn't affect him. Will ended up walking home with the books and Jim catches up with Will, since there was no one at the theater. A piece of paper falls on Jim and it's an advertisement for Cooger & Dark's show ( A carnival), that starts the next day and it mentions all sorts of weird people that are going to be part of the show. The boys are excited about maybe going to the carnival, although in different ways, Jim is excited from the beginning and cannot wait to see everything.