Another thing that made this situation ironic was that Gene had been feeling so much guilt for hurting Finny, but he was given the opportunity to attack Finny he didn't even think twice about his decision. Gene was also laughing at the fact that he attacked a disabled person. Gene should have been the first person to be against the attack. Although Gene did join, a good thing was that he was able to let go and have some fun. Gene was able to stay calm and not yell at Finny for thinking that he was going to become as good as new.
Some things to think about:
- Why was Finny grinning even when he was getting pummeled by about nineteen other people?
- Can a broken/shattered leg fix to the point that it is stronger than it was before?
- Do you think that Gene actually believes that Finny's leg is growing stronger?
Great details Kofi, your post was very descriptive and I liked how you to took it to the text to back up everything you wrote in your post. What I thought was ironic was that in the snowball fight Gene joins the mob to turn against his own best friend that was crippled because of him, and then worries about Finny's shattered leg. It is very strange to me that you hurt your crippled friend and then worry about his injury instead of worrying about his injury before any other actions.
ReplyDeleteI believed that Finny was grinning when he was getting demolished by a group of kids at the snowball fight because he was having a fun time instead of doing nothing inside. I also thought that he had a grin on his face because it was probably the most fun he had since he got his injury. The other reason he might had that grin was because he thought it was funny how he betrayed his friends and then at the end everybody turned against him and pummeled snowballs at him. I don't think that a shattered could ever be fixed to the point of being stronger than before the leg was shattered. When Gene told Finny that his leg was growing stronger I believed that he just said that to make Finny satisfied instead of making him angry and depressed, and to give him faith into believing that his leg can get stronger in the future.
Kofi, I think that FInny was grinning when he was being pummeled by snowballs because he was doing something that he used to be able to do before he shattered his leg. He is tired of sitting inside and not being able to participate in the other students sports and games. Now that he is once again a part of their games he is extremely happy. As Dr. Stanpole said to Gene earlier in the book, Finny will never be able to play sports again. Gene knows that this is true on the inside but wants to believe that it will heal. I think that gene does not believe that Finny's leg is getting stronger, but is lying to himself and is in denial, because he so desperately wants to believe that it is.
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