Throughout the book Finny plays many different rolls, power changing but always coming back to him, putting him in control. Finny's fall and ultimate death is something you can blame on Gene for many reasons. The first time Finny breaks his leg it is Gene who shakes the branch, "'I tried to tell you before, I tried to tell you when I came to Boston that time-' (Knowles 189)" This break creates him to be more fragile and clumsy, as well as making it difficult to move around with ease. When Finny falls the second time he is trying to run from the truth of Gene turning on him. Because of both incidents, caused mainly by decisions Gene makes or the truth about their flawed friendship, Finny death was Gene's fault.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Simone Question #1 Assignment #11
Is Finny's fall, and ultimately his death, something you can blame on Gene? Why or why not? If he is not to blame, then who is?
Throughout the book Finny plays many different rolls, power changing but always coming back to him, putting him in control. Finny's fall and ultimate death is something you can blame on Gene for many reasons. The first time Finny breaks his leg it is Gene who shakes the branch, "'I tried to tell you before, I tried to tell you when I came to Boston that time-' (Knowles 189)" This break creates him to be more fragile and clumsy, as well as making it difficult to move around with ease. When Finny falls the second time he is trying to run from the truth of Gene turning on him. Because of both incidents, caused mainly by decisions Gene makes or the truth about their flawed friendship, Finny death was Gene's fault.
Throughout the book Finny plays many different rolls, power changing but always coming back to him, putting him in control. Finny's fall and ultimate death is something you can blame on Gene for many reasons. The first time Finny breaks his leg it is Gene who shakes the branch, "'I tried to tell you before, I tried to tell you when I came to Boston that time-' (Knowles 189)" This break creates him to be more fragile and clumsy, as well as making it difficult to move around with ease. When Finny falls the second time he is trying to run from the truth of Gene turning on him. Because of both incidents, caused mainly by decisions Gene makes or the truth about their flawed friendship, Finny death was Gene's fault.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with what has been stated above, but I also think that Finny fell because he was stunned by how he had just learned that Gene had caused his fall. Finny didn't know how to handle this news, making him very weak and confused. Since funny couldn't think straight, he fell to the ground. Gene had thought to himself, "Nothing even about the war had broken his harmonious and natural unity. So at last I had," (Knowles 203). Gene knew he had caused Finny great pain, ultimately causing his second fall which lead to his death.
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