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What Does Finny Mean In Chapter 5 Of A Separate Peace

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(Claim) In a Separate Peace chapter 5, Kowles uses Gene’s and Finny’s thoughts and actions to portray Gene’s vice and Finny’s virtue. For example, (Point 1) when Finny shares with Gene his awkward feeling about him causing the fall, Gene is suddenly equipped with the desire to admit. (Evidence 1) He says: “Finny, I have something to tell you, and you’re not gonna like it.” (Explanation 2) By being hesitant to share his suspicion and feeling sorry for having it, Finny rises way above Gene in nobility which irritates Gene and instigates him to admit. Gene wants to be even with Finny if not better. Later that summer, (Point 2) when Gene visits Finny in his home in Boston he confesses what actually happened at the tree. (Evidence 2) Finny says: “Of course, you didn’t do it. …show more content…

Sit down, you damn fool… I’m going to hit you if you don’t sit down.”(Explanation 2) Finny doesn’t want to believe Finny jounced the tree because he thinks good people won’t do that to their friends. Finny believes that everyone is a winner and there isn’t any competition between anyone like in blitzball and when he beats the swimming record. Later that day, (Point 3) Finny gets verbally aggressive toward Gene, and Gene jokes about jouncing the tree. (Evidence 3) He says: “I’ll kill you if you don’t shut up.” “You see! Kill me! Now you know what it is! I did it because I felt like that! Now you know yourself!” “I don’t know anything.” (Explanation 3) Finny gets hostile with Gene, one's Gene notices that Finny was being hostile he completely declines his confession of jouncing the tree, so he can balance the badness of him jouncing the tree and Finny wanting to kill

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