"I cried for Phineas and for myself and for this doctor who believed in facing things. Most of all I cried because of kindness, which I had not expected" (64).
Wow, Gene is a wreck, you never know what is going on in that mind of his. It's been made pretty clear that he deliberately jounced the limb (sadly) and caused the injuries inflicted on Finny. When he states that he cried for Phineas, he was so hurt when he learned that Finny would not be able to play sports. And Gene, out of all people, knew that was the only thing Finny excelled in and he took that away from him. What stuck out to me in this quote is when he said he cried for the doctor because he believed in facing things; i think he says this because Gene knew facing Finny in his condition would be the hardest thing that he would ever have to do. And I think when he refers to kindness and not expecting it, he means when he walks into that room, he won't be expecting any kindness from Finny. He knew that he didn't deserve it and mostly he did not deserve to be Finny's friend. But he wished he did.
What was Gene trying to achieve when he made Finny fall? The way he was crying when he found out that Finny could not play sports anymore, it seemed like he was really hurt and did not expect so much injury.
In the hospital room, the author was emphasizing the way Finny was looking at Gene and it seemed that Finny knew it was Gene (not a feeling) so I want to know if Finny deliberately stared at Gene to intimidate him and make him feel bad to the point where Gene will just tell him?
The chapter ended kind of weird. First they were mad at each other but then they acted like everything was ok. Is everything ok? Will Finny just let it go and move on or will this situation cause problems in their friendship?
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