The chapter opens up with Phineas and Gene beginning their first conversation since Finny came back. The two go to bed, and when they wake up, Brinker Hadley comes into their room. Brinker asks Gene if he is going to enlist, when he notices Finny. Brinker makes a reference to his joke about Gene trying to get rid of Finny. Gene interupts with explaining that he was going to enlist. And then the cutest thing happened. Finny was shocked and wanted Gene to stay. So Gene being the good friend he is, makes his choice to stay.
Not going to lie, I was really happy about this. First off, Gene and Finny make the cutest couple...even if they do not know they are gay yet. Secondly, Gene needs Finny to keep his life exciting and worth living.
Later on in the day, when Finny and Gene visit the gym, Finny tells Gene that he wanted to be in the Olympics. Finny decides the train Gene for the 1944 Olympics. One day Gene is running, and he gets his rhythm and does much better. Mr. Ludsbury comes out and tells the boys that exercise is meant to be used to get ready for the war, not the Olympics. Again, the idea of the war comes up. An important part of the war is the fact that Finny refuses to believe in its occurence. Finny has some crazy idea that it was created as a way to control the young people of America. Since he has that magnetic of a personality, Gene begins to believe it. While I understand where Finny is coming from, I do not see how it fits in with his suffering and personality. Yes, he likes to break rules, but he does not seem like one for large scale conspiracy theories.
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