On the first page of Thursday's section, Gene said, 'Phineas, still asleep on his dune, made me think Lazarus, brought back to life by the touch of God.' In the bible, Jesus travels to Bethany (a place near Jerusalem) to meet Lazarus of Bethany, a follower of Jesus, only to find that Lazarus is dead and has been in his tomb for four days. Lazarus' sister, Mary and Martha, tell Jesus he came too late to heal their brother, and Jesus replies "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." In the presence of crowd of mourners, Jesus gets someone to move the stone away from the entrance of the tomb and says a prayer. He calls to Lazarus to come, and Lazarus comes, miraculously coming back from the dead. I felt the reason Gene alluded to this is because he sees Finny as perfect and god-like, and earlier in the book Gene said he never saw Finny tired, and that Finny always had a flow of usable energy, which are traits of someone who has been touched by God, or in this cause, Jesus.
On the first page of Thursday's section, Gene said, 'Phineas, still asleep on his dune, made me think Lazarus, brought back to life by the touch of God.' In the bible, Jesus travels to Bethany (a place near Jerusalem) to meet Lazarus of Bethany, a follower of Jesus, only to find that Lazarus is dead and has been in his tomb for four days. Lazarus' sister, Mary and Martha, tell Jesus he came too late to heal their brother, and Jesus replies "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." In the presence of crowd of mourners, Jesus gets someone to move the stone away from the entrance of the tomb and says a prayer. He calls to Lazarus to come, and Lazarus comes, miraculously coming back from the dead. I felt the reason Gene alluded to this is because he sees Finny as perfect and god-like, and earlier in the book Gene said he never saw Finny tired, and that Finny always had a flow of usable energy, which are traits of someone who has been touched by God, or in this case, Jesus.
pg 66: Finny says, "My god, what energy. You sound like General MacArthur." General Douglas MacArthur was a US General and was Chief of Staff of the US Army in the 30s. He was a very dedicated leader, and in 1925 he was the youngest major general in the Army. Finny compares Gene to General MacArthur because he suddenly becomes very serious, realizing he has to do the right thing and tell Finny he jounced the limb on purpose after Finny apologizes for ever thinking so. His morals come in to play, just as I'm sure the General's did throughout his career. Gene then says, "...You won't think so when I tell you," implying that even though he's done something wrong, this is a serious matter and he's willing to give up his reputation of a good, loyal friend to Finny in order to do the right thing, the thing Finny and General MacArthur would do.
In the section assigned over Spring Break,Gene had become the Assistant Manager of the Crew Team. In the U.S., rowing teams of the high school or college level are referred to as Crew Teams. Crew Teams usually row long, multi-person, light weigh boats that have long oars. All of the members of the Crew, face backwards except for the leader or coxswain (pronounced cocks-in), who faces forwards and steers. All of the rowers have to row in unison so that they do not over power on one side and make the boat turn, thus the name Crew, because they have to work together as a crew. Historically, the navy had rowing crews to bring the officers, sailors, and supplies to and from their ship. These crews had special uniforms that they wore when they would row into a port while carrying the captain. Normally, the ship’s bosun, or boatswain, would act as the coxswain.
In this last section of the book, Gene and Brinker go down to the Butt Room to have a smoke. While they are there, the other boys in the Butt Room start to confront Gene, saying that he was the one who hurt Finny and that it was him who pushed Finny out of the tree. Gene, feeling guilty about all of this because he was the one who did that, tries to get himself out of the spot by joking around with the other boys. When they take his joke, he says "I detected no Sherlock Holmes among them, nor even a Dr. Watson." This sentence is alluding to the famous detective known for solving particularly difficult cases, Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes was featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories written by the author Conan Doyle. Most of these stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and advisor Dr. Watson. Sometimes Holmes used addictive drugs, especially when he was working on very hard cases. In many stories he disguised himself, sometimes even disguising himself as someone injured or sick, to gain sympathy from outsiders. This is kind of like Finny, who, after hurting his chances at sports, has gained the sympathy of lots of people.
Scharnhorst was mentioned on page 126 in the last paragraph on the page. “He didn’t tell us he’d left the ski troops;” the torpedoing of the Scharnhorst: “At it again.” Scharnhorst was a German battleship widely known because to many she was considered to be a beautiful warship and her beauty made her a cornerstone of Germany’s national pride. Scharnhorst was the first ship launched from the Scharnhorst class and so she was considered the lead ship. The Scharnhorst class were the first battleships that were built for Germany’s navy after World War I. The Scharnhorst class was made up only two ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
pg. 133 "He had been holding a pose of Gibraltar invulnerability..." This is used in a description of Brinker. After going some research i found that Gibraltar is a territory of England, but i believe that the reference was to the Rock of Gibraltar, a giant limestone mountain. This mountain has survived many sieges and this led to the saying "solid as the Rock of Gibraltar" which is used to describe someone or something that is infallible. The Rock of Gibraltar also had significant role in WWII, it the territory was evacuated and the Rock fortified in order to become an English fortress.
Balustrade- See page 165: "At the front of the room, there was a raised platform with a balustrade in front of it." This is a special type of railing, often made out of marble, which resembles the shape of an hour glass or a lava lamp. The first balustrades were found in the palaces of Syria (now Iran) built in the medieval times, and popularized during the Renaissance period. The word comes from the Italian word balaustro, meaning pomegranate flower. This comes from the railing's resemblance to a budding flower. Although subtle, and perhaps not done on purpose, budding flowers do tie into the over all theme of this book. Budding flowers are going through a drastic growth from being stubby stems to real flowers, similar to the change Finny and Gene are going through.
Captain Marvel:p.173. Ok, so captain was a superhero created in the 1930's. He turned into Captain Marvel when he got struck by a bolt of magic lightning. He had a red costume with a gold lightning bolt on it and a cape. So I thought that this tied into the theme of being a leader in this book, and doing the right things when you are a leader. I was thinking of Captain Marvel as Finny, given that he was the leader of that group that Gene, Leper, himself, and a few others were in. He mostly did the right things, except for making up the extra rules in the games that they played to enhance his chances of winning. Also, it is important to have followers if you are a leader. Gene is a very close follower of Finny, and almost like a sidekick.
I know that we have already talked about this in class but in this chapter Jesus's resurection played a big part, at one point Gene says, "I was ready for the war, now that I no longer had any hatred to contribute to it. My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the sourse, withered and lifeless. Phineas had absorbed it and had taken it with him, and I was rid of it forever." This reminds me of how when Jesus was crusified that he took away the sins of mandkind leaving people clean of their sins. Gods ultimate sacrife was giving his only son Jesus to be cruisified for the sins of men. Jesus was the lamb of god and to me Finny seemed to be the lamb of innocence and he lost it when Gene betrayed him and killed him. The men like Gene killed Finny or Jesus because they were jealous of him and his power. Finny had a lot of social power over the students and anyone that he met, so did Jesus. People today still remember the story of the crusifiction and I think that Gene will always remember how he killed finny, Gene reminds me of Pontius Pilate because he was the one who killed Jesus and he viewed him as an Enemy and a threat to his power. In the end Gene said he killed his enemy, meaning Finny. Finny always forgave Gene and that reminded me of what Jesus said on the cross, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." And at the end Gene says, "Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone. Other people experienced this fearful shock somewhere, this sighting of the ememy, and so began to parry the menace they saw facing themby developing a partial frame of mind. This makes Finny seem expesally Jesus like to me. Forgiving everyone and having no hate towards people.
On the first page of Thursday's section, Gene said, 'Phineas, still asleep on his dune, made me think Lazarus, brought back to life by the touch of God.' In the bible, Jesus travels to Bethany (a place near Jerusalem) to meet Lazarus of Bethany, a follower of Jesus, only to find that Lazarus is dead and has been in his tomb for four days. Lazarus' sister, Mary and Martha, tell Jesus he came too late to heal their brother, and Jesus replies "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." In the presence of crowd of mourners, Jesus gets someone to move the stone away from the entrance of the tomb and says a prayer. He calls to Lazarus to come, and Lazarus comes, miraculously coming back from the dead.
ReplyDeleteI felt the reason Gene alluded to this is because he sees Finny as perfect and god-like, and earlier in the book Gene said he never saw Finny tired, and that Finny always had a flow of usable energy, which are traits of someone who has been touched by God, or in this cause, Jesus.
On the first page of Thursday's section, Gene said, 'Phineas, still asleep on his dune, made me think Lazarus, brought back to life by the touch of God.' In the bible, Jesus travels to Bethany (a place near Jerusalem) to meet Lazarus of Bethany, a follower of Jesus, only to find that Lazarus is dead and has been in his tomb for four days. Lazarus' sister, Mary and Martha, tell Jesus he came too late to heal their brother, and Jesus replies "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." In the presence of crowd of mourners, Jesus gets someone to move the stone away from the entrance of the tomb and says a prayer. He calls to Lazarus to come, and Lazarus comes, miraculously coming back from the dead.
ReplyDeleteI felt the reason Gene alluded to this is because he sees Finny as perfect and god-like, and earlier in the book Gene said he never saw Finny tired, and that Finny always had a flow of usable energy, which are traits of someone who has been touched by God, or in this case, Jesus.
pg 66: Finny says, "My god, what energy. You sound like General MacArthur." General Douglas MacArthur was a US General and was Chief of Staff of the US Army in the 30s. He was a very dedicated leader, and in 1925 he was the youngest major general in the Army. Finny compares Gene to General MacArthur because he suddenly becomes very serious, realizing he has to do the right thing and tell Finny he jounced the limb on purpose after Finny apologizes for ever thinking so. His morals come in to play, just as I'm sure the General's did throughout his career. Gene then says, "...You won't think so when I tell you," implying that even though he's done something wrong, this is a serious matter and he's willing to give up his reputation of a good, loyal friend to Finny in order to do the right thing, the thing Finny and General MacArthur would do.
ReplyDeleteIn the section assigned over Spring Break,Gene had become the Assistant Manager of the Crew Team. In the U.S., rowing teams of the high school or college level are referred to as Crew Teams. Crew Teams usually row long, multi-person, light weigh boats that have long oars. All of the members of the Crew, face backwards except for the leader or coxswain (pronounced cocks-in), who faces forwards and steers. All of the rowers have to row in unison so that they do not over power on one side and make the boat turn, thus the name Crew, because they have to work together as a crew.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, the navy had rowing crews to bring the officers, sailors, and supplies to and from their ship. These crews had special uniforms that they wore when they would row into a port while carrying the captain. Normally, the ship’s bosun, or boatswain, would act as the coxswain.
In this last section of the book, Gene and Brinker go down to the Butt Room to have a smoke. While they are there, the other boys in the Butt Room start to confront Gene, saying that he was the one who hurt Finny and that it was him who pushed Finny out of the tree. Gene, feeling guilty about all of this because he was the one who did that, tries to get himself out of the spot by joking around with the other boys. When they take his joke, he says "I detected no Sherlock Holmes among them, nor even a Dr. Watson." This sentence is alluding to the famous detective known for solving particularly difficult cases, Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes was featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories written by the author Conan Doyle. Most of these stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and advisor Dr. Watson. Sometimes Holmes used addictive drugs, especially when he was working on very hard cases. In many stories he disguised himself, sometimes even disguising himself as someone injured or sick, to gain sympathy from outsiders. This is kind of like Finny, who, after hurting his chances at sports, has gained the sympathy of lots of people.
ReplyDeleteScharnhorst was mentioned on page 126 in the last paragraph on the page. “He didn’t tell us he’d left the ski troops;” the torpedoing of the Scharnhorst: “At it again.”
ReplyDeleteScharnhorst was a German battleship widely known because to many she was considered to be a beautiful warship and her beauty made her a cornerstone of Germany’s national pride. Scharnhorst was the first ship launched from the Scharnhorst class and so she was considered the lead ship. The Scharnhorst class were the first battleships that were built for Germany’s navy after World War I. The Scharnhorst class was made up only two ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
pg. 133 "He had been holding a pose of Gibraltar invulnerability..." This is used in a description of Brinker. After going some research i found that Gibraltar is a territory of England, but i believe that the reference was to the Rock of Gibraltar, a giant limestone mountain. This mountain has survived many sieges and this led to the saying "solid as the Rock of Gibraltar" which is used to describe someone or something that is infallible. The Rock of Gibraltar also had significant role in WWII, it the territory was evacuated and the Rock fortified in order to become an English fortress.
ReplyDeleteBalustrade- See page 165: "At the front of the room, there was a raised platform with a balustrade in front of it."
ReplyDeleteThis is a special type of railing, often made out of marble, which resembles the shape of an hour glass or a lava lamp. The first balustrades were found in the palaces of Syria (now Iran) built in the medieval times, and popularized during the Renaissance period.
The word comes from the Italian word balaustro, meaning pomegranate flower. This comes from the railing's resemblance to a budding flower. Although subtle, and perhaps not done on purpose, budding flowers do tie into the over all theme of this book. Budding flowers are going through a drastic growth from being stubby stems to real flowers, similar to the change Finny and Gene are going through.
Captain Marvel:p.173. Ok, so captain was a superhero created in the 1930's. He turned into Captain Marvel when he got struck by a bolt of magic lightning. He had a red costume with a gold lightning bolt on it and a cape. So I thought that this tied into the theme of being a leader in this book, and doing the right things when you are a leader. I was thinking of Captain Marvel as Finny, given that he was the leader of that group that Gene, Leper, himself, and a few others were in. He mostly did the right things, except for making up the extra rules in the games that they played to enhance his chances of winning. Also, it is important to have followers if you are a leader. Gene is a very close follower of Finny, and almost like a sidekick.
ReplyDeleteI know that we have already talked about this in class but in this chapter Jesus's resurection played a big part, at one point Gene says, "I was ready for the war, now that I no longer had any hatred to contribute to it. My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the sourse, withered and lifeless. Phineas had absorbed it and had taken it with him, and I was rid of it forever."
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of how when Jesus was crusified that he took away the sins of mandkind leaving people clean of their sins. Gods ultimate sacrife was giving his only son Jesus to be cruisified for the sins of men. Jesus was the lamb of god and to me Finny seemed to be the lamb of innocence and he lost it when Gene betrayed him and killed him.
The men like Gene killed Finny or Jesus because they were jealous of him and his power. Finny had a lot of social power over the students and anyone that he met, so did Jesus. People today still remember the story of the crusifiction and I think that Gene will always remember how he killed finny, Gene reminds me of Pontius Pilate because he was the one who killed Jesus and he viewed him as an Enemy and a threat to his power. In the end Gene said he killed his enemy, meaning Finny. Finny always forgave Gene
and that reminded me of what Jesus said on the cross, "Father forgive them, for they know not
what they are doing."
And at the end Gene says, "Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone. Other people experienced this fearful shock somewhere, this sighting of the ememy, and so began to parry the menace they saw facing themby developing a partial frame of mind. This makes Finny seem expesally Jesus like to me. Forgiving everyone and having no hate towards people.
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