Finny proposes that they go to the beach, which means big trouble if they are caught Gene decides to go along. Finny makes up a game called "blitzball," sort of a variation on rugby and football the game is a hit that summer.įinny casually and easily breaks a school swimming record Finny also refuses to do it again and have it count. Some of Finny and Gene's friends begin to join their new club. Gene goes onto the diving limb with Finny, and loses his balance Finny stops Gene from falling, and Gene soon realizes that his friend saved his life. Patch-Withers is taken by surprise, and does not punish Finny.įinny and Gene come up with the idea for a "Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session," a group for exciting and dangerous things. Finny concocts some nonsense excuse, at which Mr. Patch-Withers notices that Finny has used the school tie as his belt, which is a heavy offense. Patch-Withers, gives a tea for their class. Gene is normally a conservative, conformist type person, but around Phineas, he consents to break the rules more often.įinny is an anomaly at Devon he is a good student and athlete, but also a charming, likeable rule-breaker. On their first attempt to jump off a huge tree into the river, Phineas, being the daredevil, goes firstand Gene is the only one who follows. The narrative shifts back 15 years, to Gene's days with Phineas. The narrator, Gene, returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire, where he was a student with his friend Phineas 15 years ago, just as World War II began.
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