... their way to the beach Finny kept Gene very entertained by either telling him stories, joking, and talking about their characteristics. The trip to the beach also let Finny openly express his emotion to Gene. Even Gene expressed to himself that, "Exposing a sincere emotion nakedly like that at the Devon School was the next thing to suicide," (Knowles 48 ... Gene were able to escape the world was when Finny wanted to train Gene for the Olympics. After Finny's leg shattered he suffers a great deal because he knows he can't aim for his dreams anymore. A dream of his was going to the 1944 O...

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