Devon had numerous rumors spread through the school, especially when Finny “...jounced the limb...”, (60). To begin with, the war changed the characters by the way they communicate with each other. When Gene was about to enlist in the war. Finny convinced Gene that there was no war. That shows that Finny is an untrusted friend of the way he tricks Gene into thinking that there's no war. By the same token as in chapter 12 when Gene visits Finny the first time after his second broken thing. Finny screeches at Gene for coming in. Once Finny realizes that Gene is here he lashes out and shouts, “You want to break something else in me! …show more content…
Gene was considered a avoided guy and he was intelligent. By the end of the book, he found out how to kill his “enemy” and see what is outside of Devon. Without Finny's help, Gene wouldn’t be able to find his “enemy.” He did that by creating the suicide society club, inventing Bliztball and making Gene try out for the Olympics. All those things helped Gene explore the world in different ways. Without the war, Gene would not be able to commit a change in his life. If he just chose to stick to getting all A’s. He wouldn’t have an idea about the world around him once he graduated. The war made him lead into enlisting which made him explore what is going on at Devon. The war and Finny helped him see what's out there instead of