Characters
This is the name of the main character in the story.
Who is Will?
The story mostly takes place in this location.
What is an elevator?
The Rules tell people never to do this after losing someone.
What is cry?
The graphic novel uses these to help tell the story visually.
What are illustrations / drawings?
“The Rules” are described as this number of important rules to follow.
What is three?
This character is Will’s older brother who was killed.
Who is Shawn?
Will finds this object in Shawn’s room.
What is a gun?
The second rule
What is snitch?
This object symbolizes danger, power, and revenge in the story.
What is the gun?
This phrase means to never tell the police or authorities what you know.
What is “No snitching”?
This character teaches Will about “The Rules.”
Who is Shawn?
Will plans to do this after leaving the elevator.
What is shooting Shawn’s killer?
The final Rule says always to do this.
What is get revenge?
The elevator ride symbolizes this kind of journey for Will.
What is an emotional journey?
This emotion is hidden because of the Rule that says “No crying.”
What is sadness / grief?
This character is Will’s mother.
Who is Sharon?
The novel ends before readers know if Will does this.
What is shoot someone / take revenge?
This feeling affects Will throughout the elevator ride.
What is grief?
The author wants readers to question this idea.
What is revenge?
This item connects all the ghosts to Will and is often associated with the violence that started the cycle.
What is the gun?
This character is Will’s childhood friend who died young.
Who is Dani?
The elevator stops on different floors and these appear.
What are ghosts?
The novel asks whether violence really solves this.
What are problems?
This is one word that describes the mood of the novel.
What is tense / emotional / dark / sad?
The ghosts in the elevator help Will understand this before he reaches the ground floor.
What are the consequences of violence?