Ray Bradbury's Mr. Dark: Good Or Evil?

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In the story Mr dark can be seen as being an evil and demanding man. Mr dark is shown to be evil through,” Mr dark squeezed that left hand harder and, doing this slowly certainly, pressured the boys with his arm, crushing their ribs so air gushed from their mouths “(Bradbury221) and, “the boys heard Charles Halloway’s finger bones crack.”(221) Mr Dark is evil here because he is purposely harming the boys and charles to prove a point. Mr Dark is evil because he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Mr Dark can also be demanding though,” He burnt her with his eyes”(241) and, “ ‘ it goes on, damn you’ ”(241)Mr dark is seen to be demanding through the way he forces the witch to do exactly as he wants. He is demanding because he alway gets

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