Chapter 4

Finny and I wake up on the beach at the crack of dawn. Before we start to head back I take a nice dip in the water. We just got back for a test I had and ended up failing it. It was the first test I have ever failed in school. "It was the first test I had ever flunked" (42). Finny made me quickly forget about it as he made me play a good game of Blitzball that took up most of the afternoon. That night I went back to the dorms and I started to study. Finny trys to tell me that I worry to much about my school work and that I want to be valedictorian. "You want to be head of the class, valedictorian, so you can make a speech at graduation" (43). I disagree with his statement at first but the more I think about it thats exactly what I want to be. I want to be on the same level as Finny only with academics, not athletics. "I'd kill myself out of jealous envy" (44). This is what Finny said when I asked him if he would car if I was the head of the class. Obviously, he was joking. Still the society is going well with nightly meetings Finny and I have. When Finny and I were about to jump off the tree Finny falls right on to the bank and hurts himself. Then i presume to jump of the branch.