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Revenge isn’t always the best decision to go through. This book is called Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. Talks about a character named Will and his brother Shawn's death, and Will’s plotting to get revenge for his brother's death. He talks to people who could influence his decision on revenge. However, he won’t get revenge because of his fathers mistake. Will’s brother Shawn broke down crying which showed Will that it is okay to break the rules and that getting revenge isn't the best choice because of its many outcomes and possibilities. Will's father, Mikey Holloman, is one of the influences in his life on why he won't get revenge on his brother's death. Will's father enters the elevator with everyone else. He talks about how Uncle Mark …show more content…

Will then knew it was ok to break them because Shawn was not only Will’s older brother, but he was also his father figure. He was Will’s mentor and took him under his wing. Shawn starts to cry which is breaking rule #1. “Rule 1 No Crying”(Reynolds 31). This evidence supports my argument because it talks about how Shawn broke the unspoken rules and that it is okay to break them. This helped Will because “Only five cigarettes. Shawn hadn’t lit one” (Reynolds 303) This evidence shows why Will won't get revenge because people gave him cloudy thoughts while Shawn hadn’t. This leads Will to realize he doesn’t have to kill Carlson Riggs. Shawn passes ‘the rules’ of the neighborhood down to his little brother Will. Shaun had believed that Carlson Riggs killed his brother because of their past gang, ‘The Dark Suns’. Carlson Riggs was a part of the gang ‘The Dark Suns’, which is how he connected with Frick. Will got suspicious of this and asked Frick about Carlson Riggs, who Will believes shot his older brother Shawn because of the gang they were connected to at the time. Will then asked Frick if he knew Carlson Riggs or had any connection to him. He then proceeded to answer in a confused tone, “Who?” (Reynolds 274). Will wouldn’t get revenge because Frick didn’t even know Carlson Riggs even when they were in the same gang at the

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