Long Way Down

reminds us of the love and connection we shared with those who have passed away. Will deals with the loss of his brother. Will in "Long Way Down" deals with the loss of his brother in a unique way. He embarks on a journey to seek revenge, planning to take the life of the person he believes is responsible for his brother's death. According to the article, the ways of grief Losing someone you love can change your world. You may miss them really bad, or want them back. You may feel sad, alone or

Suicide and humor are two words not often associated with each other, but Nick Hornby takes the pair on in his novel A Long Way Down, a dark comedy about suicide and life after a failed attempt. The book is narrated by four characters taking turns telling the story in their voice. The resulting hodgepodge gang includes Martin, a quasi celebrity who loses everything after an affair with a fifteen-year old girl; Maureen, the middle-aged mother of a severely disabled son; Jess, an obnoxious teenager

book, the Long Way Down is all about grief. It shows how Will deals with the loss of his brother and the impact it has on his choices. By that I mean wanting revenge for the death of his brother. Remembering the rules of the neighborhood. Which is #1 DON'T CRY, #2 Don't snitch, and #3 take revenge. According to the article written by Melinda Smith, there are many different ways that you can cope with grief. But there's no right or wrong way to grieve. In my opinion, the worst two ways of grief is

Addicted Series altered a huge part of my life, and reading Long Way Down left a significant impact on me. It’s possible, I will never be the same. You 've been warned. This is not going to be a book review. I realized, after reviewing all of the books in Addicted series, I finally exhaust the points I’ve been doing for the past eight books. I would sound like an annoying broken record if I continue to sing the same old tune. So maybe, I will just humor myself and the people who would read this

What would a person with a scandalous story on the news, a teenager who cannot connect to home, a mother without strength and a musician without music do? These were the positions the four main characters were found in, in the novel A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby. This novel revolves around four strangers Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ, who meet on New Year’s Eve in London with the intent of committing suicide. Martin, a father of two little daughters, wants to take his life because his celebrity

once said, “In moments of pain, we seek revenge,” By Ami Ayalon. This quote evinces the true meaning of seeking revenge and what drives people to take revenge. In the texts, “A long way down” by Jason Reynolds and “Ruthless” by William deMille, the idea or. the feeling of revenge is very strong. In the novel, A Long Way by Jason Reynolds, the central. character Will is stuck between choosing the path of revenge, or to end the cycle of violence. Should he take revenge over his brother, Shawn’s

In "A Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds, the idea of these extremely rooted rules and traditions passed down from generation to generation highlights their ongoing voyage of these rules in the characters' lives, yet finally suggests their lack of meaningful impact in navigating the complication of moral difficulties, therefore encouraging the reflection on the recurrent nature of inherited standards and the rules of strict obedience to tradition. The poem “The Rules” (pg.31, 32, 33), focuses on the

Zach Gregan Mrs. Elliott English 3; period 7 27 March 2024 Effects of Violence Growing up surrounded by violence negatively effects adolescents in a variety of different ways. Throughout the novel Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds, the negative effects of growing up in a violent environment are observed through the main character Will. The novel begins by introducing Will, a 15-year-old boy living in a violent gang-filled neighborhood. Early on in the novel, Will’s older brother Shawn is tragically

In the book Long Way Down, Will loses his brother Shawn while he was going to the store to get special soap for his mom. After the loss of his brother, Will experiences grief because of the loss. WIll tells us in the article that grief is like, “A stranger has you strapped down, pliers shoved in your mouth, gripping a tooth somewhere in the back of one of the big important ones and rips it out.” Grief is missing someone or something that you love after losing them. Someone killed Will's brother,

In the last chapter of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Shawn, William's older brother gets on the elevator. Shawn greets everyone on the elevator except for Shawn. William remembers when they were kids and Shawn would punish him for making weird noises by not speaking to him for the rest of the day. William confesses that he's scared and doesn't know if he's doing the right thing; however, Shawn doesn't say anything. He tells Shawn that he is going to kill Riggs. He says he knows Riggs killed him

Is revenge the best way to get back at someone who hurt a loved one or you? The novel “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds is a great novel that leads a person to ask themselves many questions about it. Long Way Down is a novel following the main character Will. Will is a teen who just lost his older brother to gun violence. The novel follows every thought that Will has and goes into detail about his decisions. Will the main goal be to find the killer of his brother and get revenge on his brother? Don’t

In “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds, “The Rules” which control an area of the society in the story are no crying, no snitching, and no revenge. These rules are mentioned many times in the story by characters who are mostly Wills family. They are also the reason for why the main character does his actions in response to rules, as well as being the reason for the internal conflict in the story. Where Will feels he is obligated to follow the rules and use them for his actions throughout the story.

In "Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds, Will's dad is the most important figure to enter the elevator. Will’s father died when Will was really young, so he doesn’t remember him and everything he knows about him is through the stories that Shawn and their mom had told him. Will has heard about Pop, though he doesn't have any personal memories of him. Pop was very close to Will and Shawn's Uncle Mark, who mentored him and imparted "the Rules" of their neighborhood. When Uncle Mark was killed, Pop felt

at the hands of gun violence, which derives massive grief along with mourning. A common American stereotype of men is that they do not grieve the same way as women do. As demonstrated in American literature, this is a false idea, for men do experience emotional anguish in response to loss of life from gun violence. Jason Reynolds wrote Long Way Down because of the influence his personal experiences with death, gun violence in the 21st century, and his belief in nonconforming masculinity had on him

In both stories, the main character goes further down, one into madness, the other in an elevator. The mind map shows that the stories are backward from each other. Macbeth starts his story with a clear mind and a good conscience, Will on the other hand is the opposite with all of the influences in his life at the start telling him to kill, and with a broken heart from his brother's death he is on his way to do so. Both run into their first supernatural occurrence without knowing. In Macbeth all