Chapter 1 Pages 9-20 Question #2

Gene is visiting his old school and hasn't been there for 15 years. He tells us about a story involving him, his friends and a tree branch over a river. The fact that Gene is telling us about the event of his buddy Finny jumping off the tree and him jumping off the tree himself, has lead me to believe that this story may not be entirely credible. I say this because we were not reading about the moment in action. We were hearing the story from a primary source but we have no proof that it was factual. On page 14 it says "The tree. . . seemed weary of age." Gene was saying this to show that back in his day the tree looked much stronger and younger but trees dont change too much in 15 years so Gene may not remember everything correctly. This reminds me of the jury in the book Monster, when I had to judge how credible the testimonies of the defendant and the prosecutor were. A majority of the story told by Gene was probably true but you can't be sure it was 100% credible due to the fate that it was being told from memory, we were not witnessing the action.