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For the first time, Gene tries to explain Finny's essential nature. He maintains that Finny would make a "terrible mess . . " He remembers that in the snowball fight, Finny would change sides and confuse loyalties. The war, with all its discipline and order, would be a violation of Finny's essential nature. When the subject of the accident comes up, Finny wants to believe Gene and suggests that Gene did it on a blind impulse, which is a rather accurate account of Gene's behavior. It again emphasizes a certain savage nature underneath a calm exterior.
He is no longer the substance of throbbing life and can no longer function as a free-wheeling prep-school hero. com CHAPTER 13 Summary In early June, Gene stands at the window and watches the war moving into the campus in the form of paratroopers with their regiment of sewing machines. " Gene doesn't like to talk about something he can't change. " Brinker takes Gene to meet Mr. Brinker, who thinks that the boys should enlist in a branch of the service which would in later years reflect on their war record.
Suddenly, Finny is crying and wondering why Gene pushed him out of the tree. " He can't believe that it was "some kind of hate . . " Gene acknowledges that it wasn't, and Finny believes him. Gene spends the remainder of the day attending classes and waiting for Dr. Stanpole to report on Finny's progress. , Gene returns to hear the news on Finny's new cast, and the doctor tells him that Phineas is dead. The doctor explains that it was a simple fracture, but that some of the marrow must have gotten into the bloodstream.