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Finny Wore A Pink Emblem Analysis
Finny wore a pink emblem shows he is patriotic. In Gene’s mind he describes that he was waiting quietly for Finny to make whatever fantastic connection with the pink emblem. Finny said it was to celebrate the bomb in Central Europe. This tell the reader that Finny plan to recruit into the war after he graduate. Gene always think Finny way of doing was all pointless because Gene never able understand what is Finny thinking. When Finny wore the pink emblem to class and used his tie as a belt. No one would done the same way as Finny, shows that Finny does not care what other think and stick to his own belief. Because this Gene started to get envious of that characteristic what Finny have that Gene does not

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