The tone in the winter session at Devon is unhappy and miserable. The session begins somewhat normal, and then goes down hill. There is tension between Gene and Cliff who get in fights in crew. He feels sad, confused, and angry because of the lie that made up a false friendship between Gene and Finny that resulted in Gene badly hurting Finny. It is not happy at Devon. Finny is terribly injured. Gene gets in trouble for escaping to the beach, and playing poker at night. Students are accusing Gene for pushing Finny. All of this illustrates an unhappy time. An example of this miserable feeling is:
"Here's my prisoner gentlemen," announced Brinker..........
"What's the charge?"
"Doing away with his roomate so he could have a whole room to himself. Rankest treachery." ........
"Brinker......." "G*d d@&m it! Shut up! You ride a joke longer than anyone I know!"
Brinker addressing Gene to the other boys as a prisoner obviously suggests unhappiness. They are fighting and have negative feelings towards each other. They are bullying Gene. They are just being mean to him, accusing him, and questioning him putting him on the spot. They are investigating in a mean way why he jounced the tree. In the summer, it was more relaxed, and somewhat more happy, and in the winter the tensions between kids rise resulting in a general unhappy feeling. The cussing and yelling portray anger. This sets a negative tone between students. The tone in the winter at Devon as a more miserable and unhappy time compared with summer session.
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