Chapter 2

Mr. Prud’homme seemed to be very upset that Gene and I had missed the dinner. I tried to explain that we didn’t realize how late it was and we just lost track of time. He thought we had on purposely skipped the meal, which wasn’t true. I explained to him that we needed to jump off the tree to get ready for the war. In case we got drafted, we might as well be ready. All he did was a slight laugh at me, so I guessed he wasn’t so mad. I decided to get dressed, and I put a pink table cloth over my head. Gene told me that I looked like a fairy, I didn’t understand. Nobody else seemed to notice the “weirdness” of my outfit. Mr. Patch-Withers and I started to talk about the war I liked hearing his point of view. However, the talk itself was very boring. I decided that we needed to clear our heads, so we should go jump into the river. I thought it would be a good idea to jump together, to bond our friendship. In that very moment we made a suicide society. We named it “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session.” The only way someone could be in it was if they would jump into the river from the giant tree.

This is a picture of someone jumping out of a tree into the river, which is like the boys who do it for the society.

This is a picture of war, which is going on, and its all everyone is thinking about, and talking about.

"We'll jump together to cement our partnership," - page 24 This shows that Finney respects and likes their friendship and wants to make their society official.

"Well we've got to do something to celebrate. We haven't got a flag, we can't float Old Glory proudly out the window. So I'm going to wear this, as an emblem." - page 18 This is when Finney wears the pink table cloth and Gene makes fun of him, and says that everyone else will to.