Quackenbush uses the work "maimed" because he was in a fight with Gene, and he thought Gene was crippled. Gene signed up as the assistant crew senior manager, which means that he didn't really have to play any sports. When Quackenbush, the crew manager, tells him to get towels, Gene says that "jobs like mine were usually taken by boys with some physical disability." (Knowles 77) This probably led Quackenbush to believe that Gene was 'maimed' or had a disability. Maimed is a disrespectful word, and Quackenbush was trying to insult Gene by calling him that, even though he wasn't sure if Gene actually had a disability, but Gene got even more insulted, because Finny was maimed, and he didn't like Quackenbush using it as a careless insult. Quackenbush wanted to insult Gene, but Gene felt defensive because Quakenbush was insulting Finny.
-Elizabeth
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