A Seperate Peace Ch.11

"You do whatever anyone wants whenever they want it. You be the fool now. Bastard" (176).

'"You get all the facts!" I had never seen Finny crying, "You collect every f-ing fact there is in the world!" He plunged out the doors' (177).

"Then these separate sounds collided into the general tumult of his body falling clumsily down the marble stairs" (177).

Too much is going on in this chapter. It's crazy! Brinker is such a random character and causes the most havoc. He is pulling Gene and Phineas apart from each other! Brinker has no right to get into a person's relationship like that. If he's afraid of going to war, then he should just admit it. He can't just go on to accuse Gene and make assumptions of Phineas. What the hell! Somebody should just slap him. Brinker may be caring for Gene's wellness and all, but he's causing an emotional catastrophe! In a way it's not a bad thing because Phineas and Leper are beginning to realize things that they should have realized awhile ago. Poor Phineas. He doesn't need to hear all this crap all over again. Gene should feel beyond terrible! He's finally enjoying Phineas, but he forgets about Phineas' pain. Gene is still in it for himself as he goes along with Phineas who is struggling to remember what happened that day. Just because Phineas doesn't show his pain, doesn't mean he isn't hurting inside. It's extremely hard to even come to the truth that your best friend actually wanted to hurt you. Now that Phineas realizes this, he can't do anything but cry! It's so sad. Phineas just doesn't deserve these inconsiderate people. One thing I enjoyed was when Leper finally stood up to Brinker. It was needed badly whereas poor Phineas got a reality check that crushed him. On top of that, he FALLS! One thing almost everybody knows is that Phineas can not fall another time. He is just starting to get better! Phineas doesn't deserve any of this! It's not FAIR! Brinker is an idiot for getting into other people's business and I really hope Gene uses that anger of his to beat the hell out of him.

Is Phineas okay? I hope so.