Character Analysis and Societal Issues Within They Both Die at the End Society and people have a huge impact on humankind in real life and even this fiction novel. The author of They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera Manufactured a society that allowed characters to connect over common experience even though it was not particulary a good way. Character development shown through characters Mateo and Rufus, and societal factors are thorough examples to analyse character growth. Friends by fate and society encouraged character change and development by establishing the importance of life and morality through Death-Cast.
With the use of creating diverse characters and a unique representation of a dystopian society characters were able to change
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It has been both my sanctuary and my prison.”(Silvera, 13). He continued to struggle with his inner thoughts and fears knowing that everything outside of his apartment is a risk and could cause him to die before he gets a chance to create memorable experiences, “I’m not walking out into a world that will kill me before my time” (Silvera, 13). Rufus then came along and pulled Mateo out of his shell and allowed him to, “[Live] a lifetime today”(Silvera, 307). He started as a paranoid, introverted teen boy who kept to himself; he then became a courageous young man. He developed new qualities with the help of his new found love and the scary world they live in. Rufus is another great representation of character development. The trauma he endured when he lost his family took a toll on his mental health. Him and Mateo were taking pictures to post on Rufus’s instagram when Mateo wondered why his posts were all in black and white and he replied saying, “I keep my photos in black and white because my life lost color after they died” (Silvera, 158). Mateo convinced him to post a coloured picture of himself realizing the pain Rufus was going through. Later he found out about Rufus jumping Peck and ran away in fear thinking to himself that