"It was only that he was so ignorant, that he knew nothing of the gypsy summer, nothing of the loss I was fighting to endure, of skylarks and splashes and petal-bearing breezes, he had not seem Leper's snail or the Charter of the Super Suicide Society; he shared nothing, knew nothing, felt nothing as Phineas has done"(79)
I think this is an ironic role for Gene. He is defending the legacy of Phineas. Gene accuses Quackenbush of being ignorant for not knowing about their summers. What I think is ironic is Gene's only desire was beat Phineas at everything and he was so envious of Phineas is escalated to the point of hatred. No one would have expected Gene to stick up for Phineas. Gene could also be acting this way because he is struggling with some internal feels concerning how things went on his visit to Phineas. Gene is somewhat uncertain of his friendship with Phineas and how are things going to change between them.
Even tough it is out of Finny character and beliefs will just be friend with Gene like he was before?
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