Long Way Down Revenge Quotes

”Revenge is not a good thing. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst” (Jonas Jonasson). The book Long Way Down, the main character Will, has to follow three rules. No crying. No snitching, and always get revenge. Will’s brother was murdered and he wants to get revenge on the person who killed his brother, Shawn. He then goes in the elevator that leads to the lobby of his apartment complex. Which leads to Will seeing ghosts. Although some may argue that Long Way Down should end by Will following the rules, the best ending for this story is Will breaks the rules. Will makes many different interactions with people who he knew that died. They each made

The rules are taught at a young age, so everyone is aware of them. However, Will wants to go and get revenge since his brother was killed. “Another thing about the rules/ They weren’t meant to be broken. They were meant for the broken to follow” (Reynolds 35). The broken are meant to follow the rule to get revenge. One doesn’t want to see blood on the outside of a family member or a close person. “but if the blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it on the outside of them” (Reynolds 5). The amount of sorrow and sadness when one sees a family member get killed. Overall, seeing a loved one die, getting revenge is something that is required in the book. Therefore Will is going to follow the rules and get

He doesn’t have any experience with killing people or following the last rule. In the elevator, Frick explains to Will how Shawn sticks to the rules. “What does this have to do with Shawn?/ I asked./ Shawn stuck to The Rules,/ Frick replied./ you mean. I swallowed./ You mean he . . . he . . ./ I struggled to get it out./ Now Buck put the finger gun against Frick’s chest and repeated,/ Bang-bang” (Reynolds 267). Frick emphasizes the way Shawn went to follow the rules. This may have worried Will more and would cause him to break the rules. Furthermore, Shawn enters the elevator. He doesn’t say a word to Will until the elevator door opens. “. . . finally spoke to me. / Just two words, like a joke he’d been saving” (Reynolds 305). “You coming?” (Reynolds 6). Will tells Shawn about the stuff that is happening while he is gone and how he is going to kill the person who killed Shawn. In summary, Will becomes worried and is unsure if he should go and get revenge, which will then lead to him breaking the