A Separate Peace chaper 4

"I didn't know you need to study," [...] "I didn't think you ever did. I though it just came to you." (John Knowles 58)

Finny’s question established that he was never envious of Gene. Gene assumed that because Finny excelled in athletics that he wished to devastate Gene’s academics; in order to increase his own value. This spurred Gene along in his studies, helped himself become very studious, and drove him to academic excellence. When Finny suggested that Gene should abandon studying French and watch Leper leap from the tree into the water; this infuriated Gene who was diligently working. At this instance Gene grasped reality. He realized that Finny was so nonchalant in his work ethic. He did not pose a grave threat to Gene. His lethargic approach to “studying” (for French) consisted of him passing asinine, half French notes to Gene who was consumed by his studies. This was nothing like Gene. Gene felt that Finny was so inferior to him that there was never a rivalry or enmity. Gene claims that he and Gene were “not of the same quality.” (59)

Question: Will Finny decease in the infirmary?