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In Robert Cormier’s “We All Fall Down” there are many life lessons that are represented. One of them is how extreme hatred can cause you to do things that you normally wouldn’t do. But there are always consequences for your hatfull actions. Extreme hatred has caused people to do horrible things not just in this book but in real life as well. Many people have been killed or greatly hurt by other peoples hateful actions. One example of someone showing extreme hatred in “We All Fall Down” is The Avenger brutally killing Vaughn Masterson. The Avenger graphically killed Vaughn with no remorse. Robert Cormier’s description of The Avengers actions after the murder were, “He smiled his smile of vengeance as he picked up his book bag and went home” …show more content…

He planned it out and lured her in with another kid from their street. After that he tied her up and told her about Buddy’s part in the trashing. He didn’t choose to go after Buddy, but instead Jane because he hated her so much for dating Buddy. He told her about his plan saying “It’s the only way, Jane. I have to do it.” (Cormier 174.) By saying this he implied that the only way to avenge the Jeorme’s house was to kill Jane and Buddy. He hated the fact that they were dating so much he decided he had to kill them to make himself feel better about the situation. It's not only extremely selfish but extremely …show more content…

Extreme hatred is one that is consistently shown within “We All Fall Down.” not just hatred but the consequences of hateful actions. Actions such as these have happened throughout history for many years. One of the worst hateful acts took place in January of 1933 when Hitler and the Nazi army imprisoned, tortured, and killed hundreds of thousands of jews. They didn’t do this for any reason other than they hated them because they felt they were less human than the Germans were. In 1945 the jews were liberated and set free. Adolf Hitler (leader of the Nazi’s) committed suicide on April, 30th 1945. This represents the punishment that comes with extreme hatred. History shows that people who hate others have consequences. We should try to understand other people and get to know them before jumping to conclusions and hating them for what they’re

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