The first character from A Separate Peace that shows a nice piece of evil, and of whom has a very large amount of evil grief in his heart in my opinion, is Quackenbush. Quackenbush is the head of the crew team at Devon School. He is always teased and harassed by the other students and consequently, Quackenbush has low self-esteem. He feels that by making fun of Gene, unleashing his inner evil, that it will make him feel better. You know how it is, someone makes you feel bad or very pissed off then sometimes you take it out on other people. The same idea is seen here with Quackenbush. For the time being it makes him feel big and important. The first incident is when Gene starts as the Assistant Crew Manager and Quackenbush is above him. "...'Get some towels'...'How many?'...'As many as you can carry. That won't be too many.'..." (69). Quackenbush hurts Gene another time too. After making fun of Gene, Gene

The second character I have chosen is Brinker. Brinker, who is the popular 'everyman' at Devon, seems jealous of the friendship that Gene and Finny share. He says many things about the fall and how it happened to hurt Gene. "...'I'll bet you knew all the time Finny wouldn't be back this fall. That's why you picked him as a roommate, right?' Brinker asks. "What? No, of course not. How could I know a thing like that in advance?" "You fixed it. You knew all the time, I bet it was all your doing.'..." (79-80). Brinker was jealous of not only Gene and Finny's friendship, but also Gene having a room all to himself. Another example is down in the Butt Room, Brinker accuses Gene, once again, of purposely hurting Finny. "Doing away with his roommate so he could have a whole room to himself" [said Brinker] "God damn it! Shut up! I swear to God you ride a joke longer than anybody I know"..."So you killed him did you?" a boy uncoiled tensely from the couch...:Well, not actually killed. Finny is hanging between life and death at home, in the arms of his grief-stricken mother." (81). At the end of the novel, Brinker's jealousy is rekindled when Finny comes back and their friendship is better than ever. Brinker holds a trial in which they accuse Gene of purposely pushing Finny out of the tree. In this novel Brinker's jealousy allows his adversity to disclose.

Throughout the novel, these three characters let their inner darkness out many times, for many different reasons.

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