If Gene were to talk to Finny about how he's feeling, do you think that they could resolve it and make everything better?
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Assignment #4 (61-71)What is guilt? Do we all have it? Is it part of being human? Can someone live guilt free? (Sharon)
Whenever I think of guilt I think about the sinking feeling in someones stomach. Everyone who can empathize with someone has guilt, because if they had done something wrong they would think about what the other person felt like in that situation. Having guilt is apart of being human. It is possible for someone to live guilt free, if they are really that selfish enough to not care about what they've done in their life to hurt someone. Everyone makes mistakes so people are bound to hurt each other, but it all depends how you make up for it. In this chapter Gene feels guilty because of what he did to Finny. "Hit me! You can't even get up! You can't even come near me!" (Knowles 70) This is when Gene goes and visits Finny at his house on his way back to school in September. Gene had just told Finny that he was the cause of Finny's injury. Of course Finny is upset and tells him the he'll hit him. Gene then says this yelling at him that he can't even get up. This is a realization of what Gene's done.
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I agree with Sharron, that the feeling of guilt is a feeling worse than any pain on earth. Gene feels as though it is his fault that Finny fell off the branch, but as Sharron said it's just the human way. Because Gene feels so deeply towards Finny, it makes him feel even more guilty, even if he wasn't even at fault. After Gene tells Finny that he deliberately caused Finny to fall, Finny argues it. Only for Gene to keep pushing that he caused it. "He looked older than I had ever seen him. 'Of course he didn't.' .... 'Yes I did. I did!'" (Knowles, 70). Gene feels so badly for Finny, that he convinced himself he did it on purpose, even if he knows he didn't.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sharon in the sense that guilt is a feeling that really drags people down, especially Gene. When gene wears Finny's clothing, he is masking the tremendous guilt he feels for shaking the branch making Finny fall. "And I thought we were competitors! It was so ludicrous I wanted to cry" (66) Gene feels so guilty and poorly he says he wants to cry.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sharon and Geoffrey that guilt is the worst feeling ever. I do not agree that you can live life without guilt, but this entails hurting everyones feelings. Like Gene said on page 66, "He would have told me the truth."(Knowles 66). You can live life without guilt if you just tell the truth and you may hurt peoples feelings along the way, but you are telling the truth so you do not have to live with guilt.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sharon and Geoffrey that guilt is the worst feeling ever. I do not agree that you can live life without guilt, but this entails hurting everyones feelings. Like Gene said on page 66, "He would have told me the truth."(Knowles 66). You can live life without guilt if you just tell the truth and you may hurt peoples feelings along the way, but you are telling the truth so you do not have to live with guilt.
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