When Jason Reynolds was 19 years old, a close friend of his got murdered. That night all of his friends gathered and were planning to figure out who did this to the freind, so that they could take revenge. Reynold mentioned during an interview, that he just remembers the pain, the pain of loosing a dear friend. And that pain, could have led him to plan a murder of the man who killed his friend. That was the first time he met a part of him, he didnt know existed. A part of him, which could lose control and take a drastic step.u003cbru003eJason in his book Long Way Down talks about this vulnerability that young people have and asks them to think about the right and wrong before taking any difficult decision. It is very easy for young people to loose control, long way down asks young readers to contemplate every decision they make and sparks of a debate on this topic.