This Is Where It Ends

by

Marieke Nijkamp

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Jay Eyck Character Analysis

An Opportunity High student who skips school on the day of the shooting and tweets about the day’s events in anguish from his home. Jay has a crush on Kevin Rolland and texts him repeatedly throughout the day, not knowing that Tyler murdered him in the first moments of the shooting.
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Jay Eyck Character Timeline in This Is Where It Ends

The timeline below shows where the character Jay Eyck appears in This Is Where It Ends. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: 10:01-10:02 A.M.
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...of tweets, CJ, a student inside the assembly, complains about being sleepy, while another student, Jay, hints that he’s blowing off school to stay home. (full context)
Chapter 5: 10:07-10:10 A.M.
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On Twitter, Jay, the student who skipped school, begs for more information and messages his friend Kevin, asking... (full context)
Chapter 7: 10:12-10:15 A.M.
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In an increasingly frantic tone, Jay tweets about the shooting at Opportunity High and asks for more information. An anonymous user... (full context)
Chapter 13: 10:27-10:28
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On Twitter, Jay responds in frustration to reporters, saying that he skipped school and has no idea what... (full context)
Chapter 14: 10:28-10:30 A.M.
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On Twitter, Jay demands that reporters stop asking him questions and “GTFO of my feed.” (full context)
Chapter 18: 10:37-10:39 A.M.
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On Twitter, Jay privately messages Kevin and confesses that he was planning to ask him to this year’s... (full context)
Chapter 21: 10:44-10:46 A.M.
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Jay tweets that he has “no words for today,” and lots of other Twitter users reply... (full context)
Chapter 25: 10:50-10:53 A.M.
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Sending a private message to the murdered Kevin Rolland, Jay mourns the fact that he’ll never be able to say goodbye, and he wishes he... (full context)