Sunday, March 14, 2010

Henry James' thoughts

On the last page of chapter three, Gene and Finny are sitting on the beach, drinking beer and talking to each other. Finny tells Gene that he is his best pal. After Finny tells Gene this, Gene has no response he is speechless. In his mind though Gene wants to tell Finny that he is his best friend, but is held back from telling Finny. The reason as to why is because Gene is possibly having second thoughts about being friends with Finny. Even though he thinks to himself to tell Finny, he never actually does. The truth is that Gene is not fully committed to being Finny’s best friend.

1 comment:

Ms. Cohen said...

Henry, your last sentence should be your first, and the paragraph should go from there. Great idea, weak execution. 7