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Use Of Tone In Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes

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In Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the two main tones of Tom Fury’s character are awestruck and lost. “The lightning rod salesman’s smile faded,” (Bradbury 42) “The lightning rod salesman remembered to breath,” (Bradbury 42) and “She was as fair as this morning and fresh as tomorrow’s flowers,” (Bradbury 42) best show Tom Fury’s awestruck tone. Bradbury does this by describing how Tom Fury came across a shop window where he saw the most beautiful woman in the world (Bradbury 42). Her beauty that he is forming with his lustful imagination takes him aback. Tom Fury is awestruck to the point that he enters the shop and takes his lustful image of the most beautiful woman in the world (Bradbury 44(. Bradbury does this because Tom

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