A Separate Peace: Gene vs Phineas
In John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, Gene is portrayed as an average boy in high school. The novel takes place during World War II, when Gene is in summer school and the following school year. The story has very few characters, most of them being Gene’s peers. Some of these characters include Leper, Brinker, Chet, Quackenbush, and Phineas. Phineas, or Finny for short, is Gene’s best friend. He is the other main character of the story. The main focus of the story is the relationship between Gene and Finny. Gene’s relationship with Finny slowly deteriorates because of his resentment and dependency on Finny, and his simultaneous love and hate of Finny. First, Gene’s resentment of Finny is one of the main reasons why their relationship in the story does not last. At the beginning of the story, the reader already gets the sense that Gene is jealous of Finny’s athletic ability. One example of this is when Finny invents blitzball. "He had unconsciously invented a game which brought his own athletic gifts to their highest pitch…I never saw him tired, never really winded, never overcharged and never restless" (Knowles 31). This quote demonstrates how Gene is aware of Finny’s athletic dominance over everyone el
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Approximate Word count = 879
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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