They Both Die at the End
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September 5, 2017: Mateo Torrez, 12:22 a.m. Rufus Emeterio, 1:05 a.m. Mateo, 1:06 a.m. Rufus, 1:18 a.m. Mateo, 1:32 a.m. Rufus, 1:41 a.m. Mateo, 1:52 a.m. Rufus, 1:59 a.m. Mateo, 2:02 a.m. Rufus, 2:21 a.m. Mateo, 2:52 a.m. Rufus, 2:59 a.m. Mateo, 3:14 a.m. Andrea Donahue, 3:30 a.m. Rufus, 3:31 a.m. Malcolm Anthony, 3:34 a.m. Mateo, 3:42 a.m. Rufus, 4:09 a.m. Aimee Dubois, 4:17 a.m. Mateo, 4:26 a.m. Rufus, 4:46 a.m. Mateo, 4:58 a.m. Delilah Grey, 5:00 a.m. Mateo, 5:20 a.m. Rufus, 5:53 a.m. Mateo, 6:14 a.m. Rufus, 6:48 a.m.  Patrick “Peck” Gavin, 7:08 a.m.  Rufus, 7:12 a.m. Aimee Dubois, 7:18 a.m. Mateo, 7:22 a.m. Rufus, 7:53 a.m. Mateo, 8:32 a.m. Lidia Vargas, 9:14 a.m. Rufus, 9:41 a.m. Tagoe Hayes, 9:48 a.m. Kendrick O’Connell, 10:03 a.m. Mateo 10:12 a.m. Rufus, 10:39 a.m. Mateo, 10:42 a.m. Delilah Gray, 11:08 a.m. Mateo, 11:32 a.m. Mateo, 12:22 p.m. Rufus, 12:35 p.m. Delilah Grey, 12:52 p.m. Vin Pearce, 12:55 p.m. Mateo, 12:58 p.m. Rufus, 1:14 p.m. Mateo, 1:28 p.m. Rufus, 1:46 p.m. Deirdre Clayton, 1:50 p.m. Mateo, 1:52 p.m. Rufus, 2:12 p.m. Damien Rivas, 2:22 p.m. Mateo, 2:34 p.m. Zoe Landon, 2:57 p.m. Mateo, 3:18 p.m. Peck, 3:21 a.m. Mateo, 3:26 p.m. Rufus, 4:24 p.m. Officer Andrade, 4:32 p.m. Patrick “Peck” Gavin, 4:59 p.m. Rufus, 5:01 p.m.; Patrick “Peck” Gavin, 5:05 p.m. Mateo, 5:14 p.m. Howie Maldonado, 5:23 p.m. The Gang With No Name; 5:36 p.m. Delilah Gray, 5:37 p.m. Rufus, 5:39 p.m. Mateo, 5:48 p.m. Rufus, 5:59 p.m. Dalma Young, 6:20 p.m. Mateo, 6:24 p.m. The Plutos, 6:33 p.m. Rufus, 7:17 p.m. Mateo, 7:34 p.m. Rufus, 7:54 p.m. Mateo, 8:41 p.m. Rufus, 8:47 p.m. Lidia Vargas, 10:10 p.m. Delilah Grey, 10:12 p.m. Victor Gallaher, 10:13 p.m. Rufus, 10:14 p.m.
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All Themes Mortality, Life, and Meaning Human Connection and Social Media Choices and Consequences Friendship and Chosen Family Business, Ethics, and Dehumanization
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They Both Die at the End

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Adam Silvera
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Dalma Young Character Analysis

Dalma is the founder of the Last Friend app; she’s a beautiful black woman with an Afro. Dalma vacillates between being extremely proud of what she’s done through Last Friend and being horrified by it. She believes firmly that no one deserves to live or die alone, but she also finds the ways that people abuse the app horrifying—she almost sells her app when a serial killer begins using Last Friend to find victims. However, she focuses on the good it does, especially after meeting Gabriella and Zoe on the subway and learning how much Gabriella loves the app. She shares that she’d spend her End Day with her half-sister, Dahlia, and that her last social media status would be to tell people to find their community.

Dalma Young Quotes in They Both Die at the End

The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by Dalma Young or refer to Dalma Young. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Rufus, 7:53 a.m. Quotes

I don’t know if he’s playing it off like he doesn’t know this from my Last Friend profile or if he’s impacted by this piece of history between me and my sister or if he overlooked this on my profile and is some ass who cares about who other people kiss. I hope not. We’re friends now, hands down, and it’s not forced. I met this kid a few years ago because some creative designer somewhere developed an app to forge connections. I’d hate to disconnect.

Related Characters: Rufus Emeterio (speaker), Mateo Torrez, Dalma Young, Olivia
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Page Number: 176
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Dalma Young Quotes in They Both Die at the End

The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by Dalma Young or refer to Dalma Young. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Mortality, Life, and Meaning Theme Icon
).
Rufus, 7:53 a.m. Quotes

I don’t know if he’s playing it off like he doesn’t know this from my Last Friend profile or if he’s impacted by this piece of history between me and my sister or if he overlooked this on my profile and is some ass who cares about who other people kiss. I hope not. We’re friends now, hands down, and it’s not forced. I met this kid a few years ago because some creative designer somewhere developed an app to forge connections. I’d hate to disconnect.

Related Characters: Rufus Emeterio (speaker), Mateo Torrez, Dalma Young, Olivia
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Choices and Consequences Theme Icon
Friendship and Chosen Family Theme Icon
Page Number: 176
Explanation and Analysis:
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