Symbolism in Long Way Down by Michelle Petersen https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa What do these objects REALLY represent? Brainstorm... en-us 2021-10-13 12:47:52 UTC 2021-10-14 14:43:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Will being unsure about his decision to get revenge. abriekennedy https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816969175 2021-10-14 13:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816969175 Will’s Slow descent to his breaking point of being able to kill, getting harder to go down through the thick smog. spencerkamrowski1 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816969527 2021-10-14 13:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816969527 graceward4 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816970693 Regret and bad decisions ]]> 2021-10-14 13:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816970693 Will being unsure about his decision and fighting through the hard to breath or see through smoke spencerkamrowski1 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816972015 2021-10-14 13:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816972015 graceward4 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816972543 You have two options; two ways to look at something]]> 2021-10-14 13:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816972543 Represents his life being lopsided after Shawn died lindseylettner https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816972727 2021-10-14 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816972727 shanecorcoran https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816973037 Dead friends or family members telling him what happened to them ]]> 2021-10-14 13:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816973037 Wills discomfort as he tries to prepare to kill Riggs kaylaschultz1 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816973971 2021-10-14 13:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816973971 avaswenson https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816974096 The very slow decent with new people getting on each floor, may represent the stages of grief.]]> 2021-10-14 13:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816974096 The Ghosts are the Literal Ghosts and Demons of his past coming through to him, his subconscious showing him revenge is an endless cycle of madness spencerkamrowski1 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816974801 2021-10-14 13:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816974801 People geovannyaguilar https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816975391 The family that he has lost to the same thing he is trying to do. Kill someone.]]> 2021-10-14 13:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816975391 taylorsenn https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816976296 The time ticking down for Will to make the decision to kill Riggs]]> 2021-10-14 13:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816976296 You don’t have a lot of time to make a decision that could change your whole life lindseylettner https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816976511 2021-10-14 13:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816976511 Will is suffocating/ drowning because hes scared and hesitant to kill someone for revenge. avaswenson https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816976755 2021-10-14 13:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816976755 Two sides to every story. His anagrams show that one thing can easily be transformed in to another. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816977503 2021-10-14 13:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816977503 These affect the reaction and decisions Will makes. maggiebistodeau1 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816978553 2021-10-14 13:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816978553 There’s a hundred ways to look at anything, the word’s Will chooses are what he’s thinking or what he feels in general. spencerkamrowski1 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816978709 2021-10-14 13:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816978709 taylorsenn https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816979060 Will “suffocating” with the decision to kill or not to kill]]> 2021-10-14 13:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816979060 The gun symbolizes what he can or could do with it and if he is strong enough to do it. geovannyaguilar https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816979423 2021-10-14 13:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816979423 His conscience eating away at him. abriekennedy https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816980375 2021-10-14 13:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816980375 graceward4 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816981026 Pain and suffering]]> 2021-10-14 13:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816981026 taylorsenn https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816982009 Family warning him to not do something to end up like them, dead. ]]> 2021-10-14 13:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816982009 The ghosts represent a cycle of life, death, and revenge. It’s a never-ending cycle of rule enforcing that will never end unless someone finally breaks these rules. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816982633 2021-10-14 13:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816982633 melanietobias https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816983535 The slow decent might make him realize if he actually wants to kill Riggs or not. ]]> 2021-10-14 13:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816983535 The ghosts so far have been taunting and mocking him, laughing at him and hurting him. It’s his conscience telling him not to kill Riggs avaswenson https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816985483 2021-10-14 13:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816985483 The gun symbolizes the part of the cycle where someone dies and someone is changed, then forcing the “someone” that is changed to take action, continuing the cycle. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816985717 2021-10-14 13:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816985717 bodenbratberg https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816985923 The ghosts symbolize Will’s conscience and his though process on whether or not he should kill Riggs]]> 2021-10-14 13:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816985923 taylorsenn https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816986710 Two options or two sides to each story]]> 2021-10-14 13:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816986710 Will’s increasing apprehension to kill someone. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816987141 2021-10-14 13:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816987141 The elevator’s slow descent symbolizes someone’s conscious when they think they must do something bad to enforce something. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816989903 2021-10-14 13:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816989903 melanietobias https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816993755 His conscience fighting with him or eating at him]]> 2021-10-14 13:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816993755 The blood is a symbol that the cycle will keep going. People’s blood will keep getting spilled in Oder to enforce “rules,” and it is showing that it will never end. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816995309 2021-10-14 13:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1816995309 Anything that is lopsided in his life, including Shawn as he steps into the elevator. natalieolsen2 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1817307708 2021-10-14 14:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/qdhhjfx1fkbludfa/wish/1817307708