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One world to describe the conflict in my book is inexhaustible. I say inexhaustible because Mateo and Rufus don´t know how to live life to the fullest with out dieing. On page 43 Mateo says,¨I don´t know if itś sadder to die alone or in the company of someone who not only doesn't mean anything to you either.¨ Which Mateo is scared to go outside and live the rest of his life with someone. Because he is just sitting in his home all alone. My thoughts on this example is that he is scared to die so soon because he doesn't know what he is going to die from. Another example is on page 91 Rufus and Mateo finally met and they are taking all precaution of everything they do because they want to live life to its fullest. For instance Rufus says,¨Whoa,

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