Period 5
4-3-13
Chapter 12
Summary: After finding out the Gene jounced the limb, Finny broke his leg again after falling down the stairs but this time the break was clean. Finny gets taken to the Infirmary and Gene sneaks in through his window after the doctor was gone and Finny tries to attack him but is unsuccessful due to his condition. Gene then leaves Finny's room and comes back the next day with Finny's suitcase and Finny believes that Gene acted on a blind and crazy impulse. Gene comes back the next day to find out that Finny is dead from the marrow of his blood flowing to his heart.
Quotation: I did not cry then or ever about Finny... I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case"(186).
Quotation Significance: This quote is saying that Gene could not cry about Finny's death because Gene felt like that Finny's death was like he himself dying and dead people don't cry at their own funerals.
Reflection: In this chapter, Finny is in shock because he knows that Gene was the one who jounced the limb and Finny even tries to attack Gene because of it and Gene feels immensely guilty that his best friend is suffering because of him. When Gene comes back later and Finny is dead Gene feels extremely sad but cant cry. Gene can't cry because he feels like Finny dying is almost like both of them dying. Gene knows that in Finny's death he is losing his other half and part of himself. So Gene knows that he can't possibly cry at his own funeral. Finny could almost barely believe that Gene had actually jounced the limb on purpose and told Gene that he believed that Gene was only having an uncontrollable blind impulse. Gene agrees and the boys become friends again and the next day is when Finny dies by accident from blood marrow getting to his heart.
Discussion Question: Why does Finny refuse to believe that Gene jouncing the limb wasn't a crazy impulse?
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