writing assignment

The tone of the winter term is of immense tension between Gene and Finny forcing Gene to pretend that he's a person that he isn't. In the beginning of the winter term and the end of the fall term, Finny and Gene were best friends and nothing could get between there friendship, as it seemed on the outside. As the year progressed, Finny kept on showing his superiority through things like setting the school swimming record without even telling anybody. After a while, Gene started to realize how jealous Finny, his leader, really was of him. He realized that Finny was only good at sports while he was good at sports and academics. As Winter progressed Gene wanted to get away from Finny and be his own person. But getting away from Finny was a hard thing to do, when it appears as if he is such an ignorant person. This was shown when Gene visits Finny in the hospital. “It struck me then that I was injuring him again. It occurred to me that this could be and even worse injury” This quotation shows that Gene in a way wants to break away from Finny, but it would be so hard, and it would kill him inside. Finny’s popularity at that moment could be taken straight away from him . The only thing that was good about Finny was his great ability to play sports. To stay cool among other people, Finny would have to stay friends with Gene and make Gene just as cool as he was. He comes up with crazy ideas to keep Gene cool and himself cool. He tries to have him get ready for the olympics, even though the war will clearly be obstructed by the war. Gene realizes that it would ruin his life so he can’t do it. For the rest of his time at school, Gene will have to keep Finny his friend, until the tension raises too much.