How could Phineas forgive Gene?
I mean the fall from the tree alone could've killed him.
I'm happiest...in the saddle.
I mean the fall from the tree alone could've killed him.
I'm happiest...in the saddle.
because some people just decide to forgive the people they love ....
shareI haven't seen the film, but have read the book. I agree with ilovecultureclub, but I think there is more to it. It also has to do with Finny's general outlook on life. He cannot see the bad in people and does not understand how or why someone would do such a thing. In the book, when the two meet after Gene's guilt is revealed, Finny even suggests an explanation/ excuse for him along those lines: "It was just some kind of blind impulse you had in the tree there, you didn't know what you were doing. Was that it?" This is the only explanation that fits with his world view. Friends would not do such a thing to each other, so it had to be a freak impulse that did not reflect any hostility by Gene towards Finny (of course, readers of the book, who have the advantage of Gene's narration, know better). That is why he can forgive Gene, but he does not (and does not want to) believe that Gene has any malice towards him.
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