Augustus Waters executes his own existence. There are two versions of his character or personality within the novel. August was named quite grandiosely, after the first Roman emperor, Augustus is a strong, confident, funny, and charming man. He continuously fetishizes his own grandiosity. Gus has convinced himself that the importance of life is being heroic and fearing the oblivion leaving a noble legacy, But further on in the novel Augustus fumbles over calculated monologues in the park. He over-plans and makes things over extraordinary , down to the last excruciating detail, purely for stage like effect. or simply to show that life is a metaphor created by its own construction, like when he sacrifices himself in a video game by jumping
