Gene tried to do the right thing by telling Finny the truth, but it ended up hurting Finny in a greater way. Gene thinks, “He would have told me the truth” (Knowles page 66), in the hospital room. The quote proves how highly Gene perceives Finny, and how Gene even attempts to do what Finny would have done. While Gene sat in Finny’s home, he contemplates, “It struck me that I was injuring him again” (Knowles page 70). Finny didn’t want to know what happened because recognizing that his best friend jostled him off a high branch frightened and angered him. Gene did the right thing by telling Finny the truth, even if Finny didn’t want to here it.
I agree that it was the right thing to tell him the truth. Although it is not right that he kept him until he went to his house to tell him. Because if Finny had that thought that it was Gene then he really knew it was him but he was too nice to admit it. So from the time in the hospital to in his house he most likely thought that his best friend could not even tell the truth. The right thing to do in this situation is to tell him the first chance he got.
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