Despite the fact that war was going on, Gene lived a carefree life "calmly, 2 numbly reading Virgil and playing tag in the river downstream" (7). ... We spent the summer in complete selfishness" (23). ... But this denial began to grow and causes Gene to live a harsh summer "spent in an atmosphere of reverie and unreality..." (59). ...

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