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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All Characters Mateo Torrez Rufus Emeterio Lidia Delilah Gray Andrea Donahue Aimee Dubois Howie Maldonado Malcolm Anthony Dad Peck/Patrick Gavin Victor Tagoe Hayes Deirdre Vin Pearce Dalma Young Mateo’s Mom Kendrick O’Connell Elizabeth Officer Andrade Gabriella Penny Rufus’s Parents Wendy Mae Sandy Guerrero Graham Olivia Zoe Landon Jenn Lori
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They Both Die at the End

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Vin Pearce Character Analysis

Vin is an angry and jaded wrestler who receives his alert from Death-Cast on the same day as Mateo and Rufus. He doesn’t think it should be a surprise—he recently received a multiple sclerosis diagnosis—but he’s angry about it anyway. Vin spends his morning trying to hook up with women on the Necro app and regretting his failures. Though Vin feels like he found himself in the wrestling ring, he also believes that he was destined for wrestling greatness and never got there. Because of this, he decides that he’s going to carry out a suicide bombing at his gym and take as many people with him as possible. Mateo, Rufus, and Delilah are injured in the explosion, but none of them die.

Vin Pearce Quotes in They Both Die at the End

The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by Vin Pearce or refer to Vin Pearce. 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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).
Mateo, 7:22 a.m. Quotes

I believe him. He’s not monstrous. Monsters don’t come to your home to help you live; they trap you in your bed and eat you alive. “People make mistakes,” I say.

“And my friends are the ones being punished,” Rufus says. “Their last memory of me will be running out the back door from my own funeral because the cops were coming for me. I left them behind... I’ve spent the last four months feeling abandoned by my family dying, and in a split second I did the same damn thing to my new family.”

Related Characters: Mateo Torrez (speaker), Rufus Emeterio (speaker), Aimee Dubois, Malcolm Anthony, Peck/Patrick Gavin, Tagoe Hayes, Vin Pearce, Rufus’s Parents, Olivia
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Page Number: 173
Explanation and Analysis:
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Vin Pearce Quotes in They Both Die at the End

The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by Vin Pearce or refer to Vin Pearce. 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
).
Mateo, 7:22 a.m. Quotes

I believe him. He’s not monstrous. Monsters don’t come to your home to help you live; they trap you in your bed and eat you alive. “People make mistakes,” I say.

“And my friends are the ones being punished,” Rufus says. “Their last memory of me will be running out the back door from my own funeral because the cops were coming for me. I left them behind... I’ve spent the last four months feeling abandoned by my family dying, and in a split second I did the same damn thing to my new family.”

Related Characters: Mateo Torrez (speaker), Rufus Emeterio (speaker), Aimee Dubois, Malcolm Anthony, Peck/Patrick Gavin, Tagoe Hayes, Vin Pearce, Rufus’s Parents, Olivia
Choices and Consequences Theme Icon
Friendship and Chosen Family Theme Icon
Page Number: 173
Explanation and Analysis:
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