"Yes, I remember seeing you standing on the bank. You were looking up and your hair was plastered down over your forehead so that you had that dumb look you always have when you've been in the water-what was it you said? 'Stop posing up there' or one of those best-pal cracks you're always making....And I think I did start to pose just to make you madder, and I said, what did I say?" (171)
Significance
This shows how good of a friend Finny is;he makes up an entire story to keep Gene safe. I know he made it up because that large of a difference, with that much detail cannot be simply mixed up for what really happened. Contrary to what others say, I believe Finny and Gene are meant to be best friends. This is because if they weren't meant to be friends, by now, they wouldn't be.
Question
Why does Brinker feel the need to 'solve the mystery of Finny's fall'? Is this all to cut Gene down?
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