Gene’s feelings towards Finny was the beginning of the end. After Finny said “insert quote here>” (p. #) at the beach, and beat the swim record, Forrester decided they were nothing but rivals. He believes they are “only equal in enmity”(p. #).Some may say that this wasn’t Gene’s fault because we do not always have control of our feelings. However he could have spoken with Finny to resolve his anger, so this is not valid. He allowed these emotions