Evaluate finny's response to his injury and gene's revelation?

Answer 1

Finny's response to his injury is almost as if it doesn't effect him at all. He plays it off as if it's nothing. Finny sees it just as an unfortunate accident. He also says that he doesn't remember the details, which makes sense because Hebrew focused on the fall, but at the same time he also hinted at a feeling he had. In his gut he feels that Gene had something to do with it since he was the last thing he say before falling into the river. This is believable in this situation, he usually jumped of the limb perfectly. Gene later has an epiphany about Finny and himself. Funny wants him to succeed an he never did anything to keep Gene behind in school or anything else for that matter. All along Gene thought that he was in a competition with Finny to be the best, but Finny proved him wrong. This made Gene feel inferior because he is not a big enough person to admit the same. Finny always had a hint of this attitude. He has told Gene before that a game is just a game, and nothing more. He didn't want to keep Gene back from doing well in school. Funny also exposed his true feelings to Gene the night they slept at the beach, something that Gene would never be able to do. Finny never really had a competitive side toward anybody but himself. His actions and feeling about his injury further express that. His lack of anger hinted that he was content about everything he had already accomplished in his life so far.