In 1942, introverted and intellectual Gene Forrester attends the summer session at the Devon School in New Hampshire, soon becoming best friends with his roommate, Finny.
Reckless and charming, Finny tends to get away with many of the dangerous decisions he has made; Convincing Gene that he will too, the two best friends build a secret society surrounding a harmful jump from a tall tree, straight into a flowing river.
After Finny breaks the school swimming record on his first try, jealousy strikes Gene over Finny’s athleticism, as well as a sudden stream of paranoia that Finny is envious of Gene’s intelligence; Gene feels that Finny has been attempting to distract him from his studies, easily converting his suspicions into a fiery hatred, though …show more content…
After Finny opens up to Gene about his prior dream of becoming an olympian, Gene agrees to train for the 1944 olympics for him; not even the shock that a nature-lover named Leper Lepellier was the first from Devon to enlist in the military could break the constant olympic training sessions that the two boys held.
Leper sends Gene a telegram that says he has escaped and he needs Gene to meet him at his house in Vermont, causing Gene to take off; when he gets there, he discovers that Leper has gone a little crazy since the last time he had seen him, Leper informing Gene that he knew what really happened when Finny broke his leg.
Leper’s hystarity causes Gene to second guess how military life would treat him, so he heads back to Devon, telling Finny and Brinker that Leper has gone crazy; this causes Brinker to go on about how Devon has already lost Finny and Leper, two potential soldiers, though not even Finny having the ability to calm Gene’s mind, now only denying the war
Reckless and charming, Finny tends to get away with many of the dangerous decisions he has made; Convincing Gene that he will too, the two best friends build a secret society surrounding a harmful jump from a tall tree, straight into a flowing river.
After Finny breaks the school swimming record on his first try, jealousy strikes Gene over Finny’s athleticism, as well as a sudden stream of paranoia that Finny is envious of Gene’s intelligence; Gene feels that Finny has been attempting to distract him from his studies, easily converting his suspicions into a fiery hatred, though …show more content…
After Finny opens up to Gene about his prior dream of becoming an olympian, Gene agrees to train for the 1944 olympics for him; not even the shock that a nature-lover named Leper Lepellier was the first from Devon to enlist in the military could break the constant olympic training sessions that the two boys held.
Leper sends Gene a telegram that says he has escaped and he needs Gene to meet him at his house in Vermont, causing Gene to take off; when he gets there, he discovers that Leper has gone a little crazy since the last time he had seen him, Leper informing Gene that he knew what really happened when Finny broke his leg.
Leper’s hystarity causes Gene to second guess how military life would treat him, so he heads back to Devon, telling Finny and Brinker that Leper has gone crazy; this causes Brinker to go on about how Devon has already lost Finny and Leper, two potential soldiers, though not even Finny having the ability to calm Gene’s mind, now only denying the war