"Who jounced the limb?" In A Seperate Peace by John Knowles

In the novel by John Knowles, A Separate Peace, guilt plays a very important role in determining whether or not Gene purposely jounced the limb. Either argument is acceptable, but finding the proof is where the hard part starts. Gene had a motive to get Phineas, nicknamed “Finny,” out of his way. However, just because this motive existed, Gene did not intentionally jounce the limb.
Gene and Finny were roommates in the boarding school called Devon. Finny was the school athlete sports came naturally to him. He was not at all a good academic student. Gene, on the other hand, was almost the opposite of Finny. His area of achievement was mostly academic, although he was not terrible at sports. Gene began feeling suspicious of Finny when he invited Gene to come to the b...