more, Gene or Finny? Well, a reader will find it obvious that Finny suffered more just by

reading his forceful shout, "Because I've suffered!" (Knowles Pg. 945 ). Phineas, who lost his

leg, his friendship with a best friend, and his life, indefinitely suffered the most in A Separate

The first item on the suffrage list is of course, the leg break. If a reader were to look at

the first paragraph on page 925 in the Elements Of Literature textbook, he or she will see that

Finny's leg is described by the intense word "shattered." What John Knowles was trying to show

the readers by using such a strong word was that not only was Finny's leg shattered, but his life

was as well. Think about it. With a shattered leg, Finny could barely walk, and surely never

play sports again. And if the use of the word shattered is not enough for someone to believe so,

they could look in the second column on page 925 where Finny and Dr. Stanpole are talking

about the break. Dr. Stanpole comes right out and says, "He'll be walking again." Dr. Stanpole

also says, "Sports are finished for him after an accident like that. Of course." Well when Finny

point, Gene really realizes that this is true, and he has to suffer through learning about himself to

finally realizes that his thoughts of the accident happening on purpose are true. This is shown by

were to look on page 928 in the textbook, where Finny and Gene are talking at Finny's house,

the suffering that finny would soon go through.

does have to go through a harsh maturing process.

will see that Gene's main suffering is that of learning who he is as a person, and going through

Gene's choice in not telling the truth in the trial, and shows that Finny really wanted the truth to

Phineas, who lost his leg, his friendship with a best friend, and his life, indefinitely suffered the

walks in to bring Finny his suitcase, and Finny greets Gene with, "Put the suitcase on the bed

and dealing with himself as a person, which every person known to man must do. So once again,

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Approximate Word count = 1000
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)