![]() ![]() Finny declines, since he is not competitive and enjoys sport for the pure joy of it. ![]() When Finny nonchalantly breaks a school swim record while the two friends are alone in the pool, Gene wants Finny to redo it so it can be officially recorded. Finny decides jumping should be a daily ritual and creates the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session, saying it meets every night. Gene almost falls off the tree limb to the bank below, but Finny grabs him, and Gene’s balance is restored. When Finny thinks a dangerous jump into the Devon River from a high tree limb would be fun, Gene goes along with it, even though he’s scared. Still, Gene agrees to do whatever Finny suggests, even though it interrupts his studies. Gene likes him, too, but resents the fact that charming Finny seems to get away with breaking the school rules, even when he is honest about his antics to the faculty. Finny is a natural athlete who seems to be great at everything he does, except for academics. Yet the war seems of little importance to Gene and his best friend and roommate, Finny, who is also at Devon for the summer session. News of bombings makes it hard to ignore World War II. The narrative then switches to his 16-year-old self. ![]() As he walks the campus, he remembers the summer of 1942, reflecting on the pervasive sense of fear that ruled his thoughts back then. Gene Forrester returns to Devon, the private high school he attended 15 years earlier. ![]()
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