The summer session at Devon was so much fun for Finny and Gene. They played games, went to the beach and were inseperable. Finny was immature at times, always acting like a kid and weasling his way out of trouble instead of taking his punishment maturely. And then Gene was the total opposite. Gene always liked to follow the rules and was a very studious student. It was so wierd that these two boys were best friends, I guess its kind of like that saying "opposites attract" because it was so true for these two boys. In the summer, they didn't have to care about hardwork, getting in trouble or anything like that. The only thing that was on Finny's mind was having fun and playing sports with his best pals. Until the very end of summer, when Finny has the tragic accident of falling / getting pushed off a tree branch and severely breaking his leg.
The winter session, on the other hand, is totally different. Just in the beginning of the session, you already see Gene working hard and shoveling snow. In the winter session, there was no time to be a kid. As Gene was a well-rounded student in the summer session, he still was in the winter session. But what about Finny? I don't think Finny would of made it well in the winter. Finny didn't care much about his grades, he was basically care-free and only wanted to do what he felt like. In other words, Finny wanted to be a kid.
So I think Finny never made it to the winter session for a reason. Maybe the change in seasons is a symbol that Finny would never be able to survive as an adult. Or maybe the break of his leg symbolizes that everything does happen for a reason. Finny always depended on someone to make his bed and clean up after him.. and thats not exactly how an adult acts. Maybe Finny was supposed to remain young and never really grow up, and thats why he dies.
Its kind of like spending three months in the fun and youthful season of summer and then going back to the disciplined structure of school. Except at Devon, it was much more difficult due to wartime and they were seniors and about to become adults. Because at Devon, they basically were adults in those winter months. So because of Finny's immautrity and carefree character, he never would have made a good adult. So possibly he was unable to survive on his own, so he dies and never has a chance of entering this independent and mature world.
Wellll, thats all I gottt :)
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The biggest change, though, is that my middle child no longer has chubby legs. All my babies had chubby legs, and now, J’s legs are thinning. Noticing this has made me obsessed with the only chubby legs I have left – those on my baby N. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of his sweet chubbiness, knowing that too soon those legs will grow long and thin and all signs of baby-ness in this family will be gone.
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