Phineas vs. Gene
An analysis of the rivalry of Phineas and Gene. From the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Phineas’ world was a very beautiful thing to him. A world where war was a work of art, painted so perfectly in his mind. He was full of views and ideas that were perfect in subject, but realistically unachievable. Gene was a Smart, intelligent boy. Every thing was completely real to him. School was very important. When he played sports, someone always lost, nobody always won in his mind. Gene, in his realism was somewhat drawn to Finny though, almost like he envied his idealistic theories. In the early pages of A Separate Peace, Finny confesses that Gene is his best friend. It is considered a courageous act for the students at Devon to expose emotion. And rather than Gene venturing back with similar affection, he holds back and says nothing. Gene can’t handle the fact that Finny is so compassionate, so perfect. In order to protect himself from accepting Finny’s compassion and risking emotional pain, Gene creates a silent rivalry with Finny, convincing himself
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Approximate Word count = 723
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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