Why do they call Charles Mr. Halloway sometimes and other times he is Wills dad. Is there significance to this? I know i'm just a dumb high schooler but I would really like some intelligent replies to this. This question regards Something Wicked This Way Comes

I think it does depend on what he is doing or what he is speaking about. I think that most of the time he is being called Mr. Halloway he is being recognized by some other person or he is talking about the carnival. I think when he is being call Will's dad that he is actually talking to Will or Jim. I had never really noticed it until I read this post. It's a really good point to bring up.

I must agree with Bernan. If Charles is speaking to someone younger, aka Will or Jim it is always Wills Dad, but someone older or his age it is either Charles or Mr. Halloway. But who knows, there might be a deeper reason to this.

ya i think its written like this to show a difference in who he's talking to or about. it's probably just something for the context.

My guess is that bradburry is trying to express something deeper than what is seen on the surface. There is something in his past that has caused his ideas to be expressed this way.

I think Charles has different names depending on how he feels at the time. When he is brave he is Will's dad, but when he is afraid he is Mr. Halloway.

I think that when he calls him Mr. Halloway it is at a time when he is trying to make a point that he is old. When he says charles he is not.

I agree that it could also have something to do with the fact of how he feels. There's many times in the book that he is call Mr. Halloway and he is scared. Then there are times that he's just Charles or Will's dad and he's just in the library.