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kaylacraig
kaylacraig
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High School - 10th Grade

What does Brinker tell the boys in the smoking room during Chapter 6 of A Separate Peace?

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Posted by kaylacraig on Tuesday December 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM and tagged with a separate peace, brinker, chapter 6, characters, plot.

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  1. afi80fl Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    When Gene goes down to the smoking room to visit some friends, Brinker tells the boys that he believes Gene meant to push Finny off of the tree ledge, in order to obtain a room all to himself in the dormitory.  He decides to play court, mentioning that he's brought a prisoner to be judged by those in the room.  While most of the boys in the room more than likely believe that this enactment is nothing more than Brinker giving Gene a hard time, Gene's guilt causes him to try diverting attention away from the real question of whether or not he meant to injur Finny, and playing along to a greater, unbelievable extent so as to make the whole situation laughable. 

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    Posted by afi80fl on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 5:15 PM