Brinker orchestrates the trial in the First Building because he wants to complete what he did not finish in the Butt Room. He has been the nosy, uncontempt dormmate throughout the entirety of the novel, and has always had the desire to know everything about everyone everywhere. He is centered around himself, and is always selfish enough to negate advice from others in order to further his academic dominance at Devon School.
Another reason for Brinker's maestro role in the trial is because of his and Gene's plan to enlist in the U.S Army. Prior to Finny's return to Gene's dorm room, Brinker and Gene make a plan to enlist in the army as a team. When Finny returns, however, Gene denies any plan to enlist and dismisses the idea entirely. Brinker inquiries about this subject later, stating, "You've been putting off enlisting in something for only one reason: It's Finny. You pity him." Gene is enraged upon hearing this statement, and their conversation futher damages an already fragile friendship between the two. Brinker thinks that by proving to Gene that Finny is not his true friend by exposing what Finny really thinks about the day he was crippled for life will turn Gene away from Finny and make him want to follow Brinker and enlist in the army.
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