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The Theme Of Revenge In A Long Way Down

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Erick Gaona-Guerrero
Mrs. Grey
English I CP
23 March 2023
The Consequences of Revenge
The novel A Long Way Down has many themes and messages within the story. One of these many themes is revenge. The novel heavily implies that revenge is bad and in my opinion is the main point of the novel.
In the beginning of the novel Will, the main character, tells the reader about three rules that everyone in his community follows. On pages 31 through 33 the rules are told as followed, “The rules no. 1: Crying, don't. No matter what. Don’t. No. 2: Snitching, don’t. No matter what. Don’t. No. 3 Revenge: If someone you love gets killed, find the person who killed them and kill them.” Revenge is something that is stated in the rules and throughout the rest of the story the rules are brought up and revenge is the one that is mostly talked about. On page 95 Will tells Buck, “I’m about to do what I gotta do. What you woulda done. I squared. Follow the rules.” When Will encounters Buck in the elevator he tells Buck that he’s going to follow the rules and get revenge on the person who killed Shawn. This goes to show that revenge is the central point of the text. …show more content…

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