The right thing (Entry 8)

To me, Xavier's action of killing Elijah serves to be extremely controversial. In a sense, he kills Elijah because he has turned into a monster and someone needs to stop him before he causes further bloodshed. However, does Xavier killing Elijah not make Xavier a monster as well? Technically Elijah just killed his best friend. There is also the possibility that Xavier kills Elijah out of jealousy. Throughout the novel, there has been tension between the two friends, and it builds up gradually. In Xavier's opinion, he is no less talented than Elijah so he cannot accept the fact that Elijah is getting all the recognition and praise. Furthermore, after Xavier kills Elijah, people mistake Xavier for Elijah. Xavier just took Elijah’s identity and replaced him. It is hard to say whether Xavier did the right thing by killing Elijah.