Part IV Franklin D. Roosevelt once said “we have nothing to fear but fear itself”. In my mind this means that fear is an emotion that is unnecessary because the only thing to be afraid of is being afraid. Oftentimes people are afraid when there was nothing to really be afraid of. Two examples of this would be paranoia and jealousy. I agree with this quote because I have been jealous before and I have …showed first 75 words of 427 total…

…showed last 75 words of 427 total…shows that Gene is afraid of Finny. Thirdly, through the use of dialogue, it is evident that Gene is paranoid of Finny. When he says to Finny that “you took me out here to the beach just to make me get bad grades”, it is apparent that Gene thinks that Finny is out to get him and is afraid of him. All of these things show that Gene is fearful of Phineas in the story.