It was mean of Brinker to start joking around about Finny's broken leg. He was doing it so Finny wouldn't start pitying himself, but Brinker was wrong. I think what Briker did put Finny down and didn't help him at all. Also when Brinker did that Gene didn't say anything and he was Finny's best friend and that was also wrong. Then a week after that Finny died which was really sad because he was only in high school. I think Finny was the person who made everyone happy and now that he was gone things have changed.