Long Way Down Ending In the book Long Way Down, we follow the main character Will on his way to kill someone. At the beginning, Will was confident in his actions. His brother, Shawn, was murdered and in their community there are rules that must be followed. One of these rules is to get revenge. Due to Will’s older brother being murdered, Will believes that it is now his responsibility to kill whoever killed Shawn. Will does not know who killed his brother, but he thinks he knows who did, so he sets off to get his revenge. As the book goes on, the past starts making him question his actions, until finally the book ends in a way where the reader gets to interpret what happens next. I believe that Will ended up deciding to ditch the rules and …show more content…
At first, Will doesn’t listen to them, but with each person that gets on, we see Will breakdown and become filled with uncertainty. The author doesn’t show us what this leads to, but I think he ends up agreeing with and listening to them. The first person to join Will on the elevator ride is Buck. Will doesn’t recognize the man at first. Buck has to show him an old picture of himself for Will to recognize him. Will is in disbelief and confused. Buck was actually murdered and admitted he was dead. Will then thinks that either he is dead too, or Buck was here to take Will with him. Turns out, the gun Will took with him to get revenge used to belong to Buck. Buck gave it to Will’s older brother Shawn, and after Shawn died, Will took it for himself. Will tells Buck why he has the gun. Buck laughed at him and then, “‘But you ain’t got it in you, Will,’ he said, cocky. ‘Your brother did, but you— you don’t.’ (Reynolds 101).” Will is annoyed at this, as he’s confident in what he’s doing, “Maybe he didn’t hear me or didn’t take me seriously. Old people always do …show more content…
Will tries to tell him that he’s following them, but then he breaks again, “Confessed that I was scared, that I needed to know I was doing the right thing, (Reynolds 295).” We know for sure at this point that Will doesn’t even believe he should kill someone. Instead of getting an answer, Shawn starts crying. One of the rules is to never cry. If Shawn, the person who taught Will the rules, is now breaking the rules, how can Will even trust to follow them? They reach the lobby and everybody gets off besides Will. Shawn asks Will if he’s coming, and then the book ends. All of that has led me to believe that Will decided to break the rules. With each floor, Will’s confidence shook. He began to need reassurance, which he only got the opposite of. Therefore, I believe Will won’t get off the elevator. He’ll take the elevator back up to his floor, enter his apartment, and put the gun away. He’ll be there forever for his mom to make sure she hurts no more, and once he has a family of his own, instead of teaching them the rules, he’ll teach them love and strength. In conclusion, I think the book ends with Will ending his family’s cycle of violence and instead starts a new cycle of love and
groups; we were asked to research one interest group for Political Science 201. My last paper is actually a book report from my Geology 101 course; we had to choose a scientific book to read and review. I feel that all three of the papers network perfectly with my biology major, due to the topics having to be researched, reviewed, and relayed in such a way that others will not be bogged down. The essays written for Geology and Political Science are probably more so topics that many may not understand
The book I read for my third book report was Bird & Squirrel: On The Run! by James Burks. This book has 126 pages in it. The book is the first book of a series that is still being written. The two main characters are Bird (A really dimwitted yellow bird who cares for nothing in the world) and Squirrel (Who really cares about surviving and is very serious). The antagonist of the book is The Cat (Who chases Bird and Squirrel everywhere they go from a remote peaceful forest to the deadly depths of
agent John O'Hara learned while he investigated Nora Sinclair. In the book Honeymoon by James Patterson, Nora Sinclair is the suspect of three, seemingly unconnected, murders. Agent John O'Hara is assigned to her case. He decides that the best way to discover the truth is to go undercover as an insurance seller. He uses the fake name of Craig Reynolds. Craig uses the insurance as a cover as he gets to know Nora. It takes a long time, but Craig does eventually uncover the truth and stops her from murdering
easy wealth? Investing in stocks, is it financially worth it? You often hear the news how stock went up a couple of point and down the next. Sometimes wondering if I would have purchased some shares then would it had been a good financial investment. Investing in stock can be financially worth purchasing but can also come back and hurt you financially. There are many ways for fast easy making money but it can also be a financial burden in your wallet. Let me help you understand the basic concepts
through twelfth grade. In the past, the macroenvironment for your company has been fairly stable. However, information you've received from your research team shows that this is starting to change. The first three reports deal with long-term changes in the macroenvironment. Review the reports before you decide which next steps to recommend to your supervisor, the Vice President of Marketing. Background Historically, the number of school-age children in Colorado has increased at a gradual rate each year
Welcome to a written report of my personal project. The subjects the report refers to are listed below: - My Topic - The Product I created - My Area Of Interaction - The Resources - Techniques - Challenges I faced - Reflection For my personal project I chose to make a booklet, with all my poems in it. Since I love writing poetry I thought it would be interesting to make a book of it. The book is entitled “Expressing Yourself through Poetry”. Poems can be funny, scary, silly or sad so I decided to
action. Jeb Stuart was the Calvary Leader of the confederacy. His only job was to keep track of the movements of the union and report them back to Lee. On the first two days of war, instead of following his orders, he went out joyriding. At the beginning of Battle, Stuart already lost respect by he spy Sorrell. Sorrell knew Stuart was up to no good after being gone so long, speaking of him “riding north, stirring up headlines and fuss.” That was when General Longstreet found out he was “joyriding
being the complete opposite. According to Kathleen Kuiper’s book, Prose Literary Terms and Concepts she states, "the real meaning of the spoken or written communication is concealed or contradicted by the literal means." (Pg 160) She also further on explains two types of irony, which are “Dramatic” and “Verbal” irony. She defines dramatic irony as a technique that is based on the structure of the work rather than the wording. In her book she defines verbal irony, “Arises from a sophisticated or resigned
Writing and I have never had a good relationship. There’s nothing I enjoy about it. I have trouble translating my thoughts to paper. Even right now, I have plenty of reasons in my head about why writing sucks, but as soon as I go to write it down it becomes jumbled. Imagine you’re a Polish Soldier in WWII trying to decipher
There are 400,000 people with Down Syndrome in The United States. They are people with developmental delays just like Charlie Gordon. People with developmental delays have a harder time processing things. Developmental delays affect a person's learning, language, physical, and behavioral areas. The short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes tells us about Charlie's life through his progress reports. Charlie always dreamed of being smart. They offered him a chance to have an experimental brain
Insanity Plea by Winslad and Ross: Summary The Insanity Plea is a book about the Uses & Abuses of the Insanity Defense in various cases. The book is by William J. Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross. In this report, I will basically summarize the book and tell you different ways people have used and abused the Criminal Justice System using The Insanity Plea. I will first talk about the case of Dan White. On November 18, 1978, Preliminary reports began broadcasting news of the events in a town called Jonestown
I speak… -Ok, comrade Zylo,-I said. Then, he took down from the shelves the books he had brought from home and those he had checked out from the library, put them on the table, sighed deeply and said: -So many years, Demkë, so many years! A man feels sorry to leave his job!…It is not little effort we put in this, it is not little sweat we shed! Comrade Zylo called the cleaning lady and showed her the books .She understood. She should take the books to his house a few at a time, because they were a
This is a book report on the book “The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The genre of this book is thriller or mystery fiction novel. The main setting of this book is Hawthorne House, as the sisters go here to see the reading of the will. The main character of this novel is a girl named Avery Grambs, who is 15. She is classified as a smart and independent girl who has the nickname ‘the girl who has a razor sharp tongue’. She lives with her sister who is named Libby, and the special thing
by television expressing their regret; the health department shut them down temporarily then they shut the restaurant down permanently. In research, the reports said that after Pizza Hut saw the video, they immediately let go the offending employee. Additionally, it took them almost three weeks to find out. The reason for installing a surveillance camera is to serve as preventive or evidence of inappropriate behavior. In his book, Technic...
In 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed into the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. The United States Air Force published a report in 1994. So why do conspiracists still believe an alien crashed into Roswell? After a hot humid day in July 1947, severe and violent thunderstorms filled the night sky. Long time farmer, Mac Brazel was used to thunder, and storms out in the country. Although something about this night was different. He heard an extremely loud crash, though didn’t think much of