"There is no stage you comprehend better than the one you have just left, and as I watched the Jeeps almost asserting a wish to bounce up the side of Mount Washington at eighty miles an hour instead of rolling along this dull street, they reminded me, in a comical and a poignant way, of adolescents." (196)
This quote made me think of Finny, but as described by Gene. Finny wanted to be in the war, fighting for anyone he could possibly get to draft him. Instead, he was crippled and confined to a New Hampshire all boys boarding school. He wished for one thing instead of the thing he was doing, like the Jeeps. Something also struck me as different as well. Gene speaks of the stage one has just left, how you understand it better than any other. Does he consider himself a man? Is he one? I mean, he's only 17(he is 17, isn't he?). I didn't know what he meant. If we are considering 17 as a man, then cool, he's a man; if not, however, why would he consider himself past adolescence? So, aiding in the death(not intentionally killing, aiding) of a friend earns you a one-way ticket to adulthood? A bit lost on that part of the quote, and need it to be explained, I must say...
Based on his actions, Do you think Gene is a man? (not physical sense, philosphical[? metaphorical?])
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