I dislike Phineas, because he is a bad influence to Gene and leads him to make poor decisions that he wouldn't have made on his own. In the first chapter, Finny convinces Gene to jump off the tree. While Gene is on the branch, Finny yells "You can't stand around admiring the view. Jump!"(17) and Gene does, and makes his first dangerous decision, against his better judgement. In chapter 2, Gene jumps off the tree again, still under pressure by Finny. Although he makes it out unscathed, he almost hurts himself, saying "If I had fallen awkwardly enough I could have been killed." (32). He later adds, "Yes, he had practically saved my life. He had also practically lost it for me" (33), this statement shows how dangerous jumping was. In chapter 3,
