Finny's fall and ultimately his death is not Gene's fault. Gene is not the cause of Finny's final fall down the stairs. It is just wrong to blame Gene for something he did not do. Yes Gene did cause Finny's first fall off the tree but he did not cause the second fall. Although some people might think it's Genes fault i do not think so. It's not that i feel bad for Gene i just think he did nothing wrong. Right before Finny storms out of the assembly room he was arguing with Brinker, not Gene. The entire time it seems like he was mad at Brinker for bringing the topic up. He doesn't even mention Gene, Finny lets all his anger out on Brinker " You get the rest of the facts, Brinker!" He cried, "You get all your facts!" (knowles p. 177). I don't think you can really blame anyone for his fall. The entire trial got Finny mad especially the fact that they were talking about him breaking his leg and they were blaming Gene. Finny obviously showed that he didn't want to talk about that and everyone kept mentioning it. You could tell that Gene was trying to avoid the topic " Never mind about that,' said Brinker with his face responsibly grave.... You know we wouldn't ask you if we didn't have a good reason... good reasons.' 'There's nothing to tell'" (knowles p. 168). Finny started the intensity by saying that he didn't care (p. 176). I can't be sure about what he doesn't care about but i think he doesn't care about the entire thing. He might just be saying he doesn't care about Leper but really he's just stating that he doesn't care who did what and he just wanted to move on. When he fell it was all a blur to Gene. It seemed like Gene knew he did something wrong though, he avoided helping Finny because he feared Finny would get mad. Even though Finny does get very mad at Gene when Gene sneaks into his infirmary window i still think that it is not Gene's fault and Finny only fell because he wasn't thinking straight after he stormed out of the room.
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