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by John Knowles

The author John Knowles, like his narrator Gene, was from the south (West Virginia, to be exact), and sent off to an uppercrust boarding school in New England for polish before university. However, unlike Gene, Knowles was no academic whiz at boarding school; he came close to flunking out of school…

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what religious references and overtones are there in chapter 5
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what does Gene do when finny says gene is his best friend
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Chapter 13 4. Near the end of the last chapter, Gene reports that he was " ready for the war" and that he "fell into step" as well as his nature would allow. Why did he never "develope an intense level of hatred for the enemy" during World War II?
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Chapter 13 3. Gene claims that he broke the thing that nothing else -Finny's upbringing, Devon, the war- could break. To what does he refer?
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Chapter 13 2. part 2. After Brinker apologizes for his father's speech, What does Gene realize he knows?
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Chapter 13 2. Brinker, his father, and Gene have a tense conversation. What does Brinker's father claim "will mean a whole lot to you in years to come"?
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Chapter 13. 1. Gene describes the Devon campus. What sort of school has the army set up on the Far Commons?
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Chapter 12 11. As he imagines Finny's funeral, what feeling can Gene not escape?
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Chapter 12 10. After a day of distraction, at what time does Gene finally return to the infirmary?
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Chapter 12 9. Gene tells Finny he would "make a mess" out of the war. What incident do the two friends begin to talk about after Gene's comment?
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Chapter 12 8. When Gene sees Finny the next day, Finny asks him why he came to the infirmary the previous night. What response does Gene give "with great difficulty"?
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Chapter 12 7. After wandering the campus, where does Gene sleep?
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Chapter 12 6. After he leaves the infirmary window, with what is Gene "trying to cope"?
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Chapter 12 5. As he watches Finny strugle on the bed, what two realizations does Gene come to?
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Chapter 12 4. As he laughs uncontrollably and tries to stop his mouth with his fist, what does Gene notice?
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Chapter 12 3. Where does Gene crouch down near the ground and wait?
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Chapter 12 3. After Finny is taken to the infirmary, what does Gene "idly consider stealing"?
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Chapter 12 2. Gene approaches Dr. Stanpole at the room's light switch. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Finny?
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Chapter 12 1. After Finny's fall, what does Brinker send Gene to get in the Assembly room?
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the only conflict in Finny's life was between who
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Last updated by: Aslan on Apr 23, 2013 8:02 PM
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the only conflict in Finny's life was between who
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What kind of telegram does gene receive from leper?
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How does Gene respond
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How does the narrator feel about jumping from the tree? What relationship does this establish?
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What connection is made between Gene's crime and Finny's hatred of war? How are the two wars related?
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Last updated by: Aslan on Apr 11, 2013 12:38 AM
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