Will believes after he kills Riggs it will end but Uncle Mark tells him "It's never the end, Never." When he finally says the word "shoot" it is painful: Will struggles to finish the end of the "movie" of him shooting Riggs. His Uncle Mark who was a drug pusher, walks Will through the scenario of Will actually killing Riggs: Her death led Shawn to teach Will "The Rules" and she questions him to consider what will happen if he misses, implying that this is how she died, hit by a stray bullet intended for someone else. Dani was killed when she was eight-years-old and is wearing the flower dress she died in but looking eight years older. When Dani enters, Will doesn't recognize her at first and is shocked she can see Buck.
Buck knows exactly what he's planning and tells Will he is no killer. Each of these people challenge Will in a different way to reconsider what he's about to do.īuck's presence shocks Will because he knows Buck is dead.
Each of these people are ghosts, who Will can see, touch and talk with, but who have no reflection in the elevator doors. Will meets six people from his past who have lost their lives because ofthis rule Buck who was Shawn's friend, Will's childhood friend Dani, Will's Uncle Mark who is his father's brother, his father Mikey Holloman, Frick (Frances) who is the man who murdered Buck, and finally his brother Shawn. He takes the elevator from his family's 8th floor apartment to the lobby but in those 60 seconds, the elevator stops at each floor and a new person enters the elevator, a time stamp marking their appearance. Will, like his father, his uncle, and his brother has been taught to follow, unquestioningly "The Rules" which consist ofĪfter Shawn's murder, Will has followed the first two "rules" he hasn't cried nor snitched and he is about to follow through on the third, by killing his brother's murderer. The day after the murder of his older brother Shawn, fifteen-year-old Will takes his brother's gun with the intent to kill the person who murdered him. Long Way Down is a haunting novel that explores the impact of gun violence on the lives of young people today and the cycle of trauma, anger and loss that this violence breeds. Seven floors to think about what he's about to do. Will slips quietly out of his apartment, careful not to disturb his mother, and enters the elevator. His plan is to wait for Riggs in the morning at the front of his building and shoot him with his brother's gun. Will manages to force open the drawer enough to get the gun and decides he will avenge his brother's death. And because of the crime shows Will has watched with his mom. 3" Will believes it was Carlson Riggs who shot his brother because Riggs recently joined the Dark Suns gang and because he had to show he belonged with them. But Will knows what's in there: "A tool for Rule No.
On the other side of the room, Shawn's side, sits his dresser with the middle drawer jammed shut. Now a day later, back in their 8th floor apartment, Will is in the bedroom he shared with Shawn, covering his head with his pillow to block out the sobs of his mother. The police arrived and asked if anyone saw anything but no one said anything because the rules are no crying, no snitching and get revenge. When they looked up, Shawn had been shot.īeside him was his girlfriend Leticia, screaming as he lay dying. Will and his friend Tony were outside talking about their hope of growing taller, when they heard the shots and hit the pavement.
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