This is not a test but a chapter summery on the 2nd section we read. First, Finny gets out of coming to dinner late with his charm. Gene feels resentful. Perhaps jealous??? Then, Finny takes on a pink shirt as an emblem, celebrating an advancement in the war he isn't even sure happened. He wears this along with the school tie to a teaparty hosted by the headmaster, and gets out of being in trouble,, again, with his charm. Next, Finny and Gene climb a tree, and Finny steadies Gene to prevent him from falling. They also find the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session.
This chapter focuses more on Gene's studies, which we haven't seen much of before. In this section, Gene and Finny wake up at the beach and ride back to Devon. They arrive just in time for Gene's trigonometry test and he fails. His first failed test. Afterward, he begins to suspect Finny of deliberately wasting time so he can compete academically. Their friendship becomes a competition. Again, it makes us think about why Finny acts the way he does. One night, when Gene is studying, Finny calls him to the tree, apparently in an attempt to distract him, but when Gene says he needs to study, Finny says he never realized Gene needed studying. He thought it was just natural. Is Finny still just trying to distract him, or is Gene just being paranoid, maybe jealous? The section ends when Finny falls off the limb onto the shore. Notice, Finny caught Gene when he fell, but Gene didn't do the same. Is this just because he couldn't reach? Does it symbolize something?
In the beginning of this section, Finny is in the infirmary, and no one is allowed to visit him yet. Gene hears many rumors about what happened to Finny, but then he finds out that one of his legs was 'shattered', which was the truth. Gene was worried that someone would know that he caused the injury, but no one did. One night Gene tried on Finny's clothes in his room when no one was there, and he felt like he had transformed into Finny. In the middle of this section, the doctor tells Gene that Finny can see visitors, and that he wanted to see Gene first, the doctor also tells Gene that Finny will never be able to play sports again, and you can tell that Gene started to feel really bad. When Gene goes to talk to Finny, he was shocked that Finny didn't even know that Gene had caused the accident, and Finny seemed really innocent about the whole thing, Gene was about to tell Finny the truth, but then the doctor inturrupted. At the end of the section, the Summer Session closed, and Gene went on vacation, and then went to visit Finny at his house. After Finny and Gene talk normally for a while, Gene tells Finny the truth about how he caused the accident. Finny doesn't beileve Gene, and Gene keeps insisting that he did cause it. Then Finny convinces Gene that he didn't do it, and Gene goes along with it, and the section ends with another lie, like the ends of the other chapters.
In this chapter, Gene goes to the Crew team meeting and instantly him and Quackenbush (the leader) do not get along. Their feud ends in them being thrown into the river. As Gene walks back to his room , he runs into Mr. Ludsbury. Mr. L questions why he is wet. Gene lies and says that he slipped into the river. Then, Mr. L questions him about various things that happened during the summer session, like the poker and black jack games in the back of Lepers room and the ice box in Gene's room. Mr. L says that he disrespected the summer session. He then says that there is a long distance call for Gene. Finny is the caller and he talks about how crazy Gene was when they met a couple months ago. Finny called to check that Gene wasn't rooming with anyone else. Finny then asks what sports Gene is doing and Gene says that he is the assistant crew manager. Finny seems outraged at the confession because being the assistant manager doesn't mean you play the sport. Finny says, "Listen pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to play them for me." Then Gene realizes that he has "from the first" wanted to become part of Phineas.
I am going to summarize a previous section, chapter three. In this section, Finny creates a new game/sport called Blitzball. It involves a lot of tackling and running. Gene doesn’t necessarily like Blitzball because he is always stuck with the ball. Gene feels proud that he is Finny’s friend. After Blitzball, Gene and Finny walk to the Natatorium and Finny tries to beat A. Hopkins Parker’s record for the 100 yard freestyle. Of course, Finny beats the record, but surprisingly, he does not want anyone to know but Gene. Gene doesn’t understand why, but it annoys him because Finny doesn’t care what other people think about him.
I am going to summarize the section 86-102. Brinker Hadley comes to visit Gene and tries to pry information from him about Finny. They then walk down to the Butt room and Gene lies about how he hurt Finny. Since the farmers are in the war some of the school go and pick apples for money. Then it snows at Devon. At first it's just a little but then the snow covers the ground and stays. Two hundred volunteers go to clear the railways of snow to get the trains moving. On his way to a railway Gene meets Leper who is skiing around near the Devon campus. Everyone has a long day at the railroads and finally they finish. After they finish a train comes by with a load of soldiers and they watch them pass. Leper finds the dam he was looking for but Brinker doesn't like that he was skiing instead of helping shovel the railway. As Gene gets back the light's on in his room and when he opens the door he sees that Finny came back.
pgs. 123-137 The chapter begins with an announcement of Leper's enlisting, which is surprising because he seems like the last person who would enlist. We discover that a recruiter from the US Ski Troops came to Devon, and his presentation enticed Leper to toss aside his views about skiing needing to be slow and scenic and enlist to use skiing for war. The boys at Devon begin to deal with Leper's leaving by joking that everything having to do with the war is caused by him. Gene begins to describe how dreary winter Saturday afternoons are at Devon, and Finny suggests they hold a winter carnival. Finny's wish is Gene's command, so he makes it happen by convincing Brinker to help as well, even though he has begun to withdraw from all of his activities lately. Finny's in charge of prizes and sports at the carnival and brings a wide selection of prizes to be won. Everything's going smoothly at the carnival, Gene is once again playing into Finny's schemes and desires and seems to be enjoying himself, when a telegram is delivered for Gene from Leper. It says he has escaped the war and needs Gene to come find him; his safety depends on it.
Okay. So at the beginning of the section, Gene is talking about his feelings about the war, and his journey to go find Leper. In describing it, he uses more "military terms", and actually talks about it like he's a soldier. He also talks about a lot of the events in the war, like the bombs dropped on Japan, and the Holocaust. Next, he goes into a pretty detailed description of Vermont, and a description of Leper's home. He then comes up with a conspiracy of his own: Leper's saying he "escaped" meant that he had escaped from spies. I thought that this was interesting because Gene was someone who usually didn't go along with those conspiracies, but here he is making up his own. After that, he describes the morning, which was definitely an important symbol in the book. He used a similar description when he was describing the sunrise on the beach with Finny. He then arrives at Leper's house, and Gene and Leper have a conversation about which rooms are more comfortable. Gene and Leper then have an important conversation about how everything is different out of the war. This conversation ends with Leper commenting on how Gene pushed Finny out of the tree and ruined his life, and Gene pushed Leper's chair backwards making him fall, then his mother came in. He had an important thought at that moment that I couldn't figure out what it symbolized: "Sometimes you're just too ashamed to leave." In that conversation previously, Leper goes off on Gene, saying basically, "Why the hell should I be thinking about you?" several different ways. Then, Leper and Gene go on a walk, and Gene realizes that Leper has changed, and that this war isn't a joke anymore, and that it's real. Leper tells Gene about all of his hallucinations, and Gene tells Leper that he doesn't want to hear about it anymore, and that he didn't care about what happened to him. He then runs away from Leper and his house.
This chapter begins with Brinker and his buddies pulling Finny and Gene out of their room and takes them to the Assembly Hall, which has bad acoustics. Brinker begins to question Finny about the accident (the one were Finny fell out of the tree because of Gene jouncing it) and Finny gives answers to Brinker's question that do not point to Gene having any fault in what happened. Brinker gets angry with Finny's response so he comes to a conclusion that Leper needs to be there to help him with his investigation, but Leper isn't on campus any more. Finny pitches in the fact that Leper is, in fact, on campus. So, Brinker and his men go find Leper, and Gene gets worried that Leper will say things that point to Gene being the criminal mastermind behind Finny's fall. Brinker and his men bring Leper in and start to question him, but because of the sun, Leper didn't exactly see happened, he only saw shadows. Phineas gets mad because he knows Gene didn't do anything wrong and Phineas hobbles away from where Leper is being questioned. But as Phineas is trying to get away, he falls down the marble stairs.
195- end This section starts with a description of the far common which is described as not "having the essence of Devon" Then Gene talks to Brinker about the sewing machines that are being delivered for the parachute riggers academy. Then they talk to Mr. Hadley and they talk about the forces they are going into (gene to the navy and Brinker to the coast guard) Mr. Hadley implies that the coast Guard does not count as serving the country. After Mr .Hadley leaves Brinker, feeling pressured to "save the country" decides to enlist in the army. Gene then launches into how much Devon has changed and then says that "I never killed anybody and i never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before i ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there."
Although there wasn't much action that happened during this section, it was still a quite important part of the book, it being both the ending and the first time we see Gene after Finny's death. This section starts off with us seeing inside of Gene's head (as usual). Gene is describing the Center Common as the heart of Devon, and the Far Common as the addition that doesn't really fit in. Then, the jeeps start to come into the Far Commons, the war, at last reaching Devon. After that, Gene and Brinker, both confused about why the jeeps are bringing sewing machines of all things, have a conversation about Leper, and Gene says that you should never talk to people about things that you can't change, which could be part of the reason why Gene never talks about Finny. Then, Gene is told by Brinker that Brinker's dad wants to talk to them in the Butt Room. Mr. Hadley, Gene, and Brinker have a discussion about the war, and we learn that Gene is joining the Navy, Brinker the Coast Guard, and that Mr. Hadley wishes that he could go off and fight too. Then Gene goes off to pack his things, stand on the fields watching the army at Devon, and wish Devon one last goodbye, comfessing in the process that Finny was such a part of him that he can't even stand to speak about him in past tense. The book ends with the 30-year-old Gene talking, saying that "Because the war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there" for the first time referring to Phineas as anything less than perfect.
This is not a test but a chapter summery on the 2nd section we read. First, Finny gets out of coming to dinner late with his charm. Gene feels resentful. Perhaps jealous??? Then, Finny takes on a pink shirt as an emblem, celebrating an advancement in the war he isn't even sure happened. He wears this along with the school tie to a teaparty hosted by the headmaster, and gets out of being in trouble,, again, with his charm. Next, Finny and Gene climb a tree, and Finny steadies Gene to prevent him from falling. They also find the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter focuses more on Gene's studies, which we haven't seen much of before. In this section, Gene and Finny wake up at the beach and ride back to Devon. They arrive just in time for Gene's trigonometry test and he fails. His first failed test. Afterward, he begins to suspect Finny of deliberately wasting time so he can compete academically. Their friendship becomes a competition. Again, it makes us think about why Finny acts the way he does. One night, when Gene is studying, Finny calls him to the tree, apparently in an attempt to distract him, but when Gene says he needs to study, Finny says he never realized Gene needed studying. He thought it was just natural. Is Finny still just trying to distract him, or is Gene just being paranoid, maybe jealous? The section ends when Finny falls off the limb onto the shore. Notice, Finny caught Gene when he fell, but Gene didn't do the same. Is this just because he couldn't reach? Does it symbolize something?
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of this section, Finny is in the infirmary, and no one is allowed to visit him yet. Gene hears many rumors about what happened to Finny, but then he finds out that one of his legs was 'shattered', which was the truth. Gene was worried that someone would know that he caused the injury, but no one did. One night Gene tried on Finny's clothes in his room when no one was there, and he felt like he had transformed into Finny. In the middle of this section, the doctor tells Gene that Finny can see visitors, and that he wanted to see Gene first, the doctor also tells Gene that Finny will never be able to play sports again, and you can tell that Gene started to feel really bad. When Gene goes to talk to Finny, he was shocked that Finny didn't even know that Gene had caused the accident, and Finny seemed really innocent about the whole thing, Gene was about to tell Finny the truth, but then the doctor inturrupted. At the end of the section, the Summer Session closed, and Gene went on vacation, and then went to visit Finny at his house. After Finny and Gene talk normally for a while, Gene tells Finny the truth about how he caused the accident. Finny doesn't beileve Gene, and Gene keeps insisting that he did cause it. Then Finny convinces Gene that he didn't do it, and Gene goes along with it, and the section ends with another lie, like the ends of the other chapters.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are doing a great job with these - just remember that all references to the book should be in the PRESENT tense!
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter, Gene goes to the Crew team meeting and instantly him and Quackenbush (the leader) do not get along. Their feud ends in them being thrown into the river. As Gene walks back to his room , he runs into Mr. Ludsbury. Mr. L questions why he is wet. Gene lies and says that he slipped into the river. Then, Mr. L questions him about various things that happened during the summer session, like the poker and black jack games in the back of Lepers room and the ice box in Gene's room. Mr. L says that he disrespected the summer session. He then says that there is a long distance call for Gene. Finny is the caller and he talks about how crazy Gene was when they met a couple months ago. Finny called to check that Gene wasn't rooming with anyone else. Finny then asks what sports Gene is doing and Gene says that he is the assistant crew manager. Finny seems outraged at the confession because being the assistant manager doesn't mean you play the sport. Finny says, "Listen pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to play them for me." Then Gene realizes that he has "from the first" wanted to become part of Phineas.
ReplyDeleteI am going to summarize a previous section, chapter three. In this section, Finny creates a new game/sport called Blitzball. It involves a lot of tackling and running. Gene doesn’t necessarily like Blitzball because he is always stuck with the ball. Gene feels proud that he is Finny’s friend. After Blitzball, Gene and Finny walk to the Natatorium and Finny tries to beat A. Hopkins Parker’s record for the 100 yard freestyle. Of course, Finny beats the record, but surprisingly, he does not want anyone to know but Gene. Gene doesn’t understand why, but it annoys him because Finny doesn’t care what other people think about him.
ReplyDeleteI am going to summarize the section 86-102. Brinker Hadley comes to visit Gene and tries to pry information from him about Finny. They then walk down to the Butt room and Gene lies about how he hurt Finny. Since the farmers are in the war some of the school go and pick apples for money. Then it snows at Devon. At first it's just a little but then the snow covers the ground and stays. Two hundred volunteers go to clear the railways of snow to get the trains moving. On his way to a railway Gene meets Leper who is skiing around near the Devon campus. Everyone has a long day at the railroads and finally they finish. After they finish a train comes by with a load of soldiers and they watch them pass. Leper finds the dam he was looking for but Brinker doesn't like that he was skiing instead of helping shovel the railway. As Gene gets back the light's on in his room and when he opens the door he sees that Finny came back.
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ReplyDeleteThe chapter begins with an announcement of Leper's enlisting, which is surprising because he seems like the last person who would enlist. We discover that a recruiter from the US Ski Troops came to Devon, and his presentation enticed Leper to toss aside his views about skiing needing to be slow and scenic and enlist to use skiing for war. The boys at Devon begin to deal with Leper's leaving by joking that everything having to do with the war is caused by him. Gene begins to describe how dreary winter Saturday afternoons are at Devon, and Finny suggests they hold a winter carnival. Finny's wish is Gene's command, so he makes it happen by convincing Brinker to help as well, even though he has begun to withdraw from all of his activities lately. Finny's in charge of prizes and sports at the carnival and brings a wide selection of prizes to be won. Everything's going smoothly at the carnival, Gene is once again playing into Finny's schemes and desires and seems to be enjoying himself, when a telegram is delivered for Gene from Leper. It says he has escaped the war and needs Gene to come find him; his safety depends on it.
Okay. So at the beginning of the section, Gene is talking about his feelings about the war, and his journey to go find Leper. In describing it, he uses more "military terms", and actually talks about it like he's a soldier. He also talks about a lot of the events in the war, like the bombs dropped on Japan, and the Holocaust. Next, he goes into a pretty detailed description of Vermont, and a description of Leper's home. He then comes up with a conspiracy of his own: Leper's saying he "escaped" meant that he had escaped from spies. I thought that this was interesting because Gene was someone who usually didn't go along with those conspiracies, but here he is making up his own. After that, he describes the morning, which was definitely an important symbol in the book. He used a similar description when he was describing the sunrise on the beach with Finny. He then arrives at Leper's house, and Gene and Leper have a conversation about which rooms are more comfortable. Gene and Leper then have an important conversation about how everything is different out of the war. This conversation ends with Leper commenting on how Gene pushed Finny out of the tree and ruined his life, and Gene pushed Leper's chair backwards making him fall, then his mother came in. He had an important thought at that moment that I couldn't figure out what it symbolized: "Sometimes you're just too ashamed to leave." In that conversation previously, Leper goes off on Gene, saying basically, "Why the hell should I be thinking about you?" several different ways. Then, Leper and Gene go on a walk, and Gene realizes that Leper has changed, and that this war isn't a joke anymore, and that it's real. Leper tells Gene about all of his hallucinations, and Gene tells Leper that he doesn't want to hear about it anymore, and that he didn't care about what happened to him. He then runs away from Leper and his house.
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ReplyDeleteThis chapter begins with Brinker and his buddies pulling Finny and Gene out of their room and takes them to the Assembly Hall, which has bad acoustics. Brinker begins to question Finny about the accident (the one were Finny fell out of the tree because of Gene jouncing it) and Finny gives answers to Brinker's question that do not point to Gene having any fault in what happened. Brinker gets angry with Finny's response so he comes to a conclusion that Leper needs to be there to help him with his investigation, but Leper isn't on campus any more. Finny pitches in the fact that Leper is, in fact, on campus. So, Brinker and his men go find Leper, and Gene gets worried that Leper will say things that point to Gene being the criminal mastermind behind Finny's fall. Brinker and his men bring Leper in and start to question him, but because of the sun, Leper didn't exactly see happened, he only saw shadows. Phineas gets mad because he knows Gene didn't do anything wrong and Phineas hobbles away from where Leper is being questioned. But as Phineas is trying to get away, he falls down the marble stairs.
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ReplyDeleteThis section starts with a description of the far common which is described as not "having the essence of Devon" Then Gene talks to Brinker about the sewing machines that are being delivered for the parachute riggers academy. Then they talk to Mr. Hadley and they talk about the forces they are going into (gene to the navy and Brinker to the coast guard) Mr. Hadley implies that the coast Guard does not count as serving the country. After Mr .Hadley leaves Brinker, feeling pressured to "save the country" decides to enlist in the army. Gene then launches into how much Devon has changed and then says that "I never killed anybody and i never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before i ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there."
Although there wasn't much action that happened during this section, it was still a quite important part of the book, it being both the ending and the first time we see Gene after Finny's death. This section starts off with us seeing inside of Gene's head (as usual). Gene is describing the Center Common as the heart of Devon, and the Far Common as the addition that doesn't really fit in. Then, the jeeps start to come into the Far Commons, the war, at last reaching Devon. After that, Gene and Brinker, both confused about why the jeeps are bringing sewing machines of all things, have a conversation about Leper, and Gene says that you should never talk to people about things that you can't change, which could be part of the reason why Gene never talks about Finny. Then, Gene is told by Brinker that Brinker's dad wants to talk to them in the Butt Room. Mr. Hadley, Gene, and Brinker have a discussion about the war, and we learn that Gene is joining the Navy, Brinker the Coast Guard, and that Mr. Hadley wishes that he could go off and fight too. Then Gene goes off to pack his things, stand on the fields watching the army at Devon, and wish Devon one last goodbye, comfessing in the process that Finny was such a part of him that he can't even stand to speak about him in past tense. The book ends with the 30-year-old Gene talking, saying that "Because the war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there" for the first time referring to Phineas as anything less than perfect.
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