Themes of Death Depicted in Electronic Literature Main MenuIntroductionA Foreword From the AuthorsThis Is How You Will DieEverybody DiesIntroduction to Everybody DiesGirl's Day OutWorks CitedAbout the AuthorsConnor Forrestcdba014fa401eff021fbfec8e89b8fb7f3f70fe6Claire Daugherty2c98b1d9e2564ba1ce7985afd061099d2007299aSnigdha Chawla4e8dce63f258e27c48aaeca6852e9b41e0d89f5f
24 hours with someone you know
1media/24 hours with someone you know..._thumb.png2019-11-19T19:44:18-08:00Connor Forrestcdba014fa401eff021fbfec8e89b8fb7f3f70fe6355902Screenshot taken from 24 hours with someone you knowplain2019-11-19T19:44:33-08:00Connor Forrestcdba014fa401eff021fbfec8e89b8fb7f3f70fe6
12019-11-14T06:29:33-08:00Comparing Works and Analyzing Design7Comparing Everybody Dies to other worksplain2019-11-19T20:33:26-08:00Leading a reader or player, along a designed narrative is not new. Most works involving this concept give the illusion of choice an power to the reader. However what separates Everybody Dies from other works is that more freedom is given, you may drastically change the path, but never the outcome. This concept is shown in Philippa J Burne's 24 hours with someone you know. 24 hours with someone you know follows the story where searching Jess, their cousin. Instead of death being an inevitability, the reader will never find any clues to Jess's whereabouts and always leads the reader to the same conclusion. These works follow similar narrative where instead of inputting a series of commands to solve puzzles, the reader follow the hyperlinks that pull the reader along a narrative to an inevitable outcome as designed by the author. Munroe uses this type of narrative, where the reader may believe they have control over the story, to show that death cannot be outright stopped and should be accepted. Both works have similar designs but use this process to demonstrate different themes. The technological aspect involved in both electronic media works allow this wide range of ideas, using the same design, occur simultaneously. In Everybody Dies, this allowed death to be depicted as Jim Munroe's pictures it.
