Sunday, May 12, 2019
assignment 10:Discuss the irony of the dialogue between Finny and Gene on the second half of page 155.(henry)
Gene and Finny have a snowball fight with a couple of friends at the start or chapter 11. Towards the end everyone turns on Finny and fires the rest of their snowballs at him ending the "war". A couple of hours later Gene was concerned and basically told Finny he shouldn't be getting onto snowball fights especially with his leg. Finny tells Gene that he was told to be very careful with the leg, he then says, "Isn't the bone supposed to be stronger when it grows together over a place where it's been broken?(knowles 155). This line by finny basically means that once his leg is good again he will be back stronger and better than ever. Finny might even have a chance of returning to sports. This is also a symbol of Finny's pride, he never gives up. He went to have fun even though his leg wasn't back to 100p percent.
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I agree with what Randall said about this scene. Also, when Gene asked if Finny could feel his leg getting stronger Finny replied with “Yes, I think so.” (Knowles 155) and Gene said “Thank God.” (Knowles 155) I think that when Finny said his leg would get better and be stronger than before it took some of the guilt away that Gene felt for pushing Finny out of the tree because this made it seem like there was no real damage done.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Randall said about this scene. This is also a symbol of Finny's pride, and how he never gives up. Finny is known for his confidence, and he never gives up. Finny only wants to return to sports and be stronger than ever before.
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