Charles Dicken's Post

On the last page of chapter 3, Finny says to Gene that he was glad that Gene came to the beach with him and that they were best friends. Gene was about to say something but he held back. Part of the reason why Gene held back was that he wanted to remain a cool kid. Gene said "Exposing a sincere emotion nakedly like that at the Devon School was the next thing to suicide. Since Finny is a cool kid and Gene wants to be Finny's friend, Gene has to act cool. "the truth" that Gene refers to on the last line of the chapter is the fact that Finny is to good for him. Gene envy's Finny. Since Finny is one of the most popular kids in school, Gene is so surprised that Finny would say that he is his best friend. Gene almost cannot believe it. The reason why Gene does not respond to Finny is that he does not know what to say.