ASP Ch.1 -quote significance and characterization

"So it was logical to hope that since the buildings and the Deans and the curriculum could achieve this, I could achieve, perhaps unknowingly already had achieved, this growth and harmony myself." (12)

This quote shows how the narrator had learned and had the experience already of walking through the school and getting the education that made him grow up to be someone that gained confidence and to be someone who was able to look back and see how much things have changed.

Question: Will the narrator (Gene) and Finny stay friends throughout the book?


Narrator:

• determined
• lonely
• sarcastic
• fearful
• mysterious

"I never backed away from anything in my life!" I cried, my indignation at this charge naturally stronger because it was so true.

Phineas:

• Athletic
• Loyal
• Daring
• Charming
• Courageous

"He began scrambling up the wooden pegs nailed to the side of the tree, his back muscles working like a panther's."