Chapter 1 1) The advantages and disadvantages associated with having Gene narrate the story are as follows. The advantages are that we can see the gradual change throughout the book. Also it adds emotion and good mood. When we see the Devon school through his eyes and notice how everything is the same it gives us the feeling that we the reader have also been there. Some of the disadvantages are the fact that we can only …showed first 75 words of 2044 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2044 total…feels it was his fault that Finny died. Gene does not do anything that Finny did or was. 38) Gene is talking about his fear and his emotions. After he blamed himself for Finny's death Gene has faced some of the largest issues anyone has to face. Gene knows what war is like now having caused his best friends life on purpose. 39) The ending mood is optimistic He's talking about how finny was never afraid and