Walt Whitman's "Truth"

On page 48, the truth is that there is a big rivalry and tension between Gene and Phineas. When Gene says, “Perhaps I was stopped by the level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.” He was saying that behind his personal feelings, is the real truth with no ones opinions or bias. With this in mind, Gene knows what is going on. But he is not able to get out of Phineas’s grasp over him or his influence. Another good example is when Finny breaks the a record and doesn’t want to tell anyone about it except for Gene, he says, “‘By the way’ he said in an even more subdued voice, ‘we aren’t going to talk about. It’s just between you and me. Don’t say anything about it to… anyone.’… ‘You are too good to be true.’… ‘Thanks a lot,’ in a somewhat expressionless voice. (p. 48)