Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds7/5/2023 In addition to perspectives on stories, the spirits subconsciously persuade Will not to murder another. “Uncle Mark and my father looked at me with hollow eyes dancing somewhere between guilt and grief, which I couldn’t make sense of until my father admitted that he had killed the wrong guy.” (Reynolds, 218) By having Reynolds include these two significant statements, it allows Will to see how killing someone for vengeance is not only sinful, but can also go wrong many ways, such as bullets missing, killing the wrong person, and guilt. For instance, Will’s father came into the elevator and tells him about his experiences he was murdered for killing the person who killed his brother. One by one throughout each floor, several ghosts who knew Shawn and/or Will enter the elevator and tell their stories. One part of this structure is to gain different viewpoints on a specific case, the effect is to have Will think about the choices he’s about to make and learn from other’s stories. Reynolds utilizes the format and details in the story to have different perspectives in one particular situation. As Will ventures out to obtain justice for Shawn’s death, the spirits try to subliminally stop him from taking a life, just for revenge. In this elevator, Will, the main character, is greeted by ghosts who knew his older brother Shawn. Long Way Down has one main setting in this story, an elevator. The book Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds is a unique free verse poetry book.
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