Quote
"His face had been struggling to stay calm as he listened to me, but now he was crying but trying to control himself.
"It was just some kind of blind impulse you had in the tree there, you didn't know what you were doing. Was that it.?"
"Yes, yes that was it. Oh that was it, but how can you believe that?... I can't even make myself pretend that you could believe that."
"I do, I think I can believe that. I've gotten awfully mad sometimes and almost forgotten what I was doing. I think I believe you, I think I can believe that....It wasn't anything you really felt against me, it wasn't some kind of hate you've felt all along. It wasn't anything personal."
"...It was just something crazy inside me, something blind, that's all it was."
He was nodding his head, his jaw tightening and his eyes closed on tears. "I believe you. It's okay because I understand you and i believe you."(191)
Significance
This is another quote I selected because I think it really shows the special kind of friendship bond that only Gene and Phineas could have.This is what true friendship is all about. It's about getting angry, getting emotional,and then talking it out. Other people who don't have this kind of bond would just go "No, screw you. I hate you *insert personal insults and curses here*". But Phineas and Gene aren't like that. At times it seems like Gene did hate him, but he was just confused. He wasn't used to feeling the emotions of envy and jealous. And all that confusion led him to accidentally hurt his best friend.
I keep the quote on the lengthy side because I wanted to display the full quote in all its glory. Shortening it to the point of the 'gist' would mean to cut out all the raw emotion, thought and feeling of this passage. If I did that, the quote would no longer have as strong as an impact or significance.
True friendship is one of the strongest bonds on the planet, right next to true love. Phineas and Gene held both of these (the love is more of brotherly love, though). And nothing can ruin these bonds. So although, Phineas is in Heaven, Gene still remembers that feeling of reuniting with the old friendship they had:no secrets, just pure bliss. Gene will always remember that, and I'm sure Phineas still felt that 'warm, fuzzy' sensation as they put him into a sleep he would not wake up from. I don't care what anyone says, Gene and Phineas were perfect friends for each other. And neither was better than the other, because that kind of thinking is what started all the wrong in the first place.
Question
How will Phineas's death affect everyone? How will it affect Gene?Will people turn on one another and throw blame around?
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