"Quackenbush was studying me to see if he could detect a limp. But I knew that [he] would never detect my trouble"
This is said because Gene even almost starts to feel that maybe his guilt is so great that he is showing it physically. Perhaps he was trying to say that Quackenbush would never understand the way he was feeling so he could not yell at Gene for small things such as being late for the meeting.
Quackenbush reflects Gene's feelings about himself by telling him that his actions are unacceptable. He even gets into a fight with Gene very similar to the one he is suffering inside himself.
The students at Devon have lost a few luxuries due to the war. First and most noticeably men (other than the students) are in very few numbers. Maids are also missing because of the war effort. The realization of the war, although it is a much more positive view than reality, is really made clear when Gene is shoveling snow off of the railroad tracks and he sees the soldiers. This heroic feeling that Gene gets makes him even want to serve his country.
In this section for the first time Gene is the nonconformist. For one of the first times in the novel Gene blatantly disagrees with Finny. He does not cave when Finny talks about the realness of the war. Gene dares to go against Finny and hold his point of view.
Quackenbush reflects Gene's feelings about himself by telling him that his actions are unacceptable. He even gets into a fight with Gene very similar to the one he is suffering inside himself.
The students at Devon have lost a few luxuries due to the war. First and most noticeably men (other than the students) are in very few numbers. Maids are also missing because of the war effort. The realization of the war, although it is a much more positive view than reality, is really made clear when Gene is shoveling snow off of the railroad tracks and he sees the soldiers. This heroic feeling that Gene gets makes him even want to serve his country.
In this section for the first time Gene is the nonconformist. For one of the first times in the novel Gene blatantly disagrees with Finny. He does not cave when Finny talks about the realness of the war. Gene dares to go against Finny and hold his point of view.
