Analysis Of We All Fall Down By Robert Cormier

Another novel that the use of extremes comes into play is We All Fall Down written by Robert Cormier. For instance, the book starts out face paced, and galvanizing by having a group of drunk teens vandalise a house. Furthermore, the beginning gets more drastic when Karen comes into the house, resulting in the some of the boys to rape her, and then push her down the stairs. Having said that, this caused Karen to be severely injured, and she was put in coma for six months. This shows how the introduction of the novel was very extreme to say the least. With that being said, a second example of the use of extremes is how the character the avenger, also known as Mickey, acted and his overall role in the book Confirming to Heidi “ Mickey Stallings