A Separate Peace
Jealous, jealousy—resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious. Gene is jealous about the fact that sports comes naturally to Finny, but in order to succeed in academics Gene needs to work arduously. In fact, Finny shows such expertise that he doesn’t need any preparation to reign victorious in any specific sport, or to surpass old records, as seen in chapter two. "I stopped and looked at him up and down. He didn’t look directly back at me. "You’re too good to be true," I said after a while. He glanced at me, and them said, "Thanks a lot" in a somewhat expressionless voice. Was he trying to impress me or something? Not tell anybody? When he had broken a school record without a day of practice?" (36) Gene, on the other hand, can’t do anything impressive without studying frequently. Gene studies almost like he is overzealous, and trying to become the class valedictorian. If he doesn’t study for hours on one test he is going to fail. He can’t just go to the test not prepared and ace it like Finny can with sports. This made Gene
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Finny Gene, , Finny Genes, Walking Yes, Oh Finny, Devon Gene, finny gene, Gene Finny, gene finny gene, gene starts, gene jealous, gene finny, gene feels, gene studies, sports gene,
Approximate Word count = 702
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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