Breaking The Cycle Of Revenge In Long Way Down By Jason Reynolds

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds is a novel in-verse that is written about Will, a young boy desperately trying to get revenge on the person who killed his brother. But the book ends before we find out what happens. After the book ends I believe Will would bring his gun home and break the cycle of getting revenge. I also believe that Will's Dad was the most persuasive person in convincing Will to bring his gun home and not get revenge, this is due to Will’s Dad telling him his stories behind his death.
When the book ends Will brings his gun up to his apartment, and does not get revenge on the person who killed his beloved brother. During Will’s time in the elevator he hears many stories of how his family members and friends tried getting revenge

According to the novel Will’s Dad says “Couldn’t kiss your mother, Couldn’t kiss you boys good night. Just lay naked in the scummy bathtub. The cold porcelain keeping me from sleep. From nightmares.” I believe that this piece of evidence played a big role in Will’s decision to bring the gun home, because he realized that after his father had gotten revenge on the person who he thought killed Will’s uncle he could sleep, eat, or even kiss his boys goodnight. I think about guilt when I hear this, for example if you steal something from your parents. The guilt you might feel after the fact would eat you alive until it’s unbearable. In Will’s dad situation it would be way more intense than taking twenty dollars from a parent, because he stole someone's life away. This could have told Will that if he goes through with his plan, he could end up feeling so guilty it would eat him alive as well. Another convincing thing Will’s Dads said was this, “I didn’t know he wasn’t the right guy, Pop said a tremble in his throat. I was sure that was Mark's killer. Had to be ''. When Will’s Dad said “Had to be '' I feel like that would have really made Will think again about finding his brother's killer. His Dad, the person he looked

Will would have thought of this and then thought of how he kept saying “It had to be'' about Riggs. Maybe that was the point where Will made the decision to go home and not follow his fathers footsteps. This reminds me of how your parents always say don't do stupid things. Yet we always think about doing them. Almost all of the time we stray away from that stupid thing, because our parents are smarter and know better than us. Will might have been set on his plan, but Will’s Dad told him to think it threw. So that's another reason why I believe Will went home and put the gun away. My last piece of evidence is when Will’s Dad says “That’s not the story we talking about. What you know is how I was killed”. This would throw Will in a loop, because he believed so hard he knew what happened and that he should do the same thing. But this is just like how Will said he knew it was Riggs because he watches crime shows. You