Survival of the Fitess

The end of the book came quite a shock to me.  I honestly wouldn't have known the outcome of Elijah's death if the class had not spoiled it. I would like to discuss the fighting scene between the two characters Elijah and Xavier.  The chapter this takes place in is called dying. That is a very fitting title in the sense that at this point we know Xavier is dying and what will happen is how Elijah ends up dead as well. The point I knew something was going to go wrong is when Elijah mouths "we both can't leave" at that point the boys are no longer brothers, friends, or on the same team. It was survival of the Fitess. I couldn't imagine having to kill my bestfriend with my own hands as though they would do to me if I didn't do to them. There is self realization in Elijah at this point when he asks Xacier if he had gone to far , that e has gone to far. After reading that I would have figured that Elijag was ready to die but with a last effort goes and tried to choke Xavier again. Then Xavier did what he had to do

And had to end his friends life. Only at that point it was no longer Elijah in that body Elijah was far long gone. And even though Xavier tells him self that you can still see how this death will not leave him. Throughout readi this novel I often asked myself if I could do as any of these characters did.  And that's probably the toughest question to ask. So honestly I'd like to say I would never ever kill a person let alone my best friend, but I've never been faced with a circumstance that follows and I really do hope never to be.