Love of country
Talking to brinker
Basketball keeps you in shape by shooting. When you shoot it work out your legs and arms.
mixing of the gene pool and thus encourages homogeneity and prevents heterogeneity
Gene worked on the railroad.
Finny tells Gene that everyone has a "separate peace" inside them and that they must find it for themselves. He encourages Gene to let go of his competitiveness and jealousy so that he can find inner peace.
Enlist in the army
Leper Lepellier is the first of Gene's classmates to enlist in the military during World War II. He chooses to join a ski patrol unit after being inspired by a presentation at Devon school.
brinker
Gene doesn't want to join the army because he knows if he does, he will feel like a part of Finny, knowing that finny can no longer join.
Gene H. Sloan has written: 'With Second Army somewhere in Tennessee' -- subject(s): Regimental histories, United States, United States. Army. Army, 2nd, World War, 1939-1945
After working on the railroad, Gene decides to enlist in the military and serve during World War II. This decision is influenced by his desire to contribute to the war effort and redeem himself for his feelings of guilt and jealousy towards his friend, Finny.
Leper Lepellier
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