In the first part of the reading, Brinker presses Gene about Finny and what happened. Explore and explain the significance of their conversation BEFORE the Butt Room. Be sure to explore the significance of the syntax of “But the truth will out” (88).
At the start of the chapter Gene and Brinker have a little conversation. Brinker talks to Gene and tells him that he picked finny to be his roomate because he knew that Finny would be out for the fall due to his injury. In Gene's defense he says it wasn't true because he could have planned something like this in advance. Brinker then accuses Gene of hurting finny but Gene quickly brushes it off. Suddenly without control Gene says, "but the truth will out"(88). Then Brinker says , (in our democracy even fighting for it's life the truth will out"(88). What brinker means by this is no matter how hard Gene tries to hide the truth it's gonna get out. Gene feels guilty about what happend to Finny so he quickly changed the topic by going to the smoke room.
I agree with Randall’s thought that no matter how hard Gene tries to hide the truth, it will still find a way to get out. During this conversation, Brinker seems very certain that the truth will be told. He says “Rest assured of that, my son. In our free democracy, even fighting for its life, the truth will out.” (Knowles 88) This part of the chapter made me wonder if this was foreshadowing another part of the story, and that maybe later Gene’s secret will be told.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Randall that Gene can't hide the truth forever, it will always make its way out. That said, I also think that Brinker is pushing the topic to the point where he is almost interrogating Gene. When Gene has his conversation with Brinker, the topic comes up that Gene pushed Finny out of the tree. It was first supposed to be a joke, but as soon as Brinker senses some weakness or a soft spot there, he immediately pushes Gene further. Saying “the truth will out” (Knowles 88).
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