What Is Gene's Motivation For Pushing Phineas

Explain a characters motivation for something that occurs in the plot.
Gene’s motivation for pushing Phineas off the branch is because of anger and jealousy. Gene and Finny became friends the moment Gene jumped off the tree branch proving he was not scared. Finny was athletic and good at everything while Gene was really smart and slightly athletic. Gene thought that Finny could get away with anything and never get in trouble. As time went on, Gene got more jealous of Finny. Finny could do something ridiculous and against the rules, but he still got away with it. He broke the school swimming record, but he didn’t want Gene to tell anyone. Gene became quickly frustrated with Finny. Gene started to think that Finny was purposely affecting his school work. He would try to make Gene stop studying and come to their Suicide
Gene thought that Finny was jealous of Gene’s smartness and that he didn’t want Gene to be better than him since he wasn’t smart. Finny kept teasing Gene about wanting to be valedictorian and that just angered Gene even more. Gene thought that Finny was trying to jeopardize his grades so that he would fail his classes. One night, Gene was studying especially hard for a test and Finny was trying to get him to go to a Suicide Society meeting instead. Gene finally agreed and followed Finny to the tree where Finny convinced Gene to get on the jumping branch at the same time as him. Gene agreed and climbed up after Finny. When Gene stepped onto the branch, his knees made the branch shake, which Finny wasn’t prepared for. Finny stumbled and quickly looked at Gene before