I. Gene is a character wrought with inner-conflict.

C. Gene is resentful towards Finny throughout the book for all the ways that Finny is superior to him.

B. Gene is very distrustful of the motives of others.

the old Gene who he now hates and dreads so much. In addition to his insecurity, Gene is very distrustful of the motives of others. The most profound example of this is that he comes to suspect the true motives of even his very best friend. Gene convinces himself that Finny is trying to sabotage his grades. Gene begins to believe that inventing games like Blitzball and insisting on their nightly jumps from the tree were actions on Finny's part to attempt to destroy Gene's grades because Finny resented the fact that Gene had earned an A in nearly every course while Finny could never muster better than a C. Finally, Gene is resentful towards Finny throughout the

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