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The Theme Of Revenge In Long Way Down By Correta Scott King

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Revenge is Stinging In the words of the famous civil rights leader, author, and activist, Correta Scott King “ Revenge and retaliation always perpetuates the cycle of anger, fear, and violence.” It’s undeniable that revenge is always seeked when a person/loved one has been hurt or done wrong in some way. But can it be justified? It causes more anger, more violence, and pain. Revenge is not justifiable because it can easily come back to hurt you or hurt someone around you. Revenge can result in harm towards oneself. Macbeth went on a spree of multiple killings so he could be the king of Scotland, he killed Macduff's family so in return Macduff killed him. Some may find it justifiable, but it isn’t due to the fact Macduff countered violence …show more content…

In Long Way Down, Will is seeking revenge on Carlson Riggs. The person he believed killed his brother. In his neighborhood, there are 3 rules one has to follow if a loved one gets killed: No crying, No snitching, Revenge. While getting on the elevator to seek revenge he begins to see people that he knew who died to violence. Those ghosts begin to explain to him the consequences and possible outcomes of trying to seek revenge. From the beginning the thought of killing someone wrecks his brain. He begins to realize he is not capable of revenge, and begins to cry and go what seems like crazy. When Dani asks Will “ What if you miss? ” and Will responds with “ I won’t“ And she then responds with “ But you ever even shot a gun? ” “ Don’t matter” I said “ Don’t matter. '' Will repeating himself could be seen as him trying to reassure himself because he knows he is not capable of getting revenge. Also because Will is most likely not mentally stable due to the fact his brother who he was very close to, just got killed. Revenge is like pig’s blood or chilled monkey brains, it is best served cold. However Carrie serves it …show more content…

After bullying Carrie and being banned from prom, Chris sets up a bucket of pig's blood to be dumped onto Carrie's head. In front of the whole school, when it happened obviously Carrie is embarrassed and wants to seek revenge. As revenge she unleashes her powers and basically annihilates the city. She kills innocent people due to what one person does to her. She used her powers to knock down electrical lines and when it hit the pavements that had gas and water on them, it caused fires to start and burned down a lot of the town and killed people. “She would get them later. She would get all of them. Every Last One” The context of this quote is that Carrie wants revenge on the whole town, because she was always the butt of every joke. So she's hurting innocent people due to how just a few people treated and tormented her. It is clear that revenge never has a positive outcome. Not for the people seeking it, receiving it, or even the innocent people

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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.

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That one bullet cost Shawn’s life, and the next may do the same for Will. These rules had a bad impact on many lives in their neighborhood. They saw revenge as an act of justice. They believed it was the right thing to do. Which is why Will wanted to kill

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We see that Will is trying to be “tough” and follow them but all we get is a feeling of panic, panic because every male character has followed these rules and breaking out of the norm would be unacceptable to their public eye. Time and time again this toxic masculine ideal is only repeated and

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Will’s emotions led him to considering making poor choices.

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Shawn was also the person who passed down the rules to his little brother. So, when Shawn passed away Will took his teachings to heart which led him to the elevator, he is in right now. Once the elevator hits the second floor Shawn walks in. The most important thing he does is nothing, he gives Will the silent treatment as he used to when they were younger. Will is stunned as Shawn is shedding tears profusely, breaking the very rules he passed down to Will.

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But he also has to uphold his idea of what being a man is, and that means following the rules, which clearly state that you must carry out revenge, no matter what. In Long Way Down, Will has to make a decision between what is right, and what society is pressuring him to do. While reading Long Way Down, one should consider the pressures Will faces from others, and what the gun means to him and what it meant to important role models in his life. Will is constantly being told what a man should or should not do. This is clearly demonstrated in The Rules.

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There are many forms of revenge and there are many views on whether it is right or wrong and whether or not it can make someone feel better. In the article “Revenge: Will You Feel Better?”, Karyn Hall Ph.D. explains how no matter how powerful urge is to get revenge on someone because they have wronged you, the outcome usually only makes both subjects involved feel much worse. She explains how all revenge is rooted in anger and sadness. Hall makes the conclusion that “Maybe the purpose of revenge is in preventing certain hostile actions....”, meaning that if one gets revenge on another, it is possible that he or she has just intimidated the other enough to not repeat the same action that made him get revenge in the first place. Hall also believes

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Revenge not only brings pain to the victim but also back lashes to the seeker. For example, in my life I had a friend that hurt me. She betrayed me and kicked me to the curb. I was furious so I ignored her, didn’t talk to her, and was rude when she talked to me.

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