We take it back to the times of world war 2, we see two best friends and a boarding school named Devon, just living life to the fullest. One boy is named Gene the other Phineas(also called Finny), they are your common roommates, Finny being the wild one, and Gene being the studier. Over time though, Gene starts to notice that Finny's popularity to get out of anything and making these activities is to wreck his studies. Genes envy towards Finny gets turned into a huge bulge of anger built up in him that one day gets released. In the novel A Separate Peace, the author, John knowles, reveals a friendship that is slowly broken from envy and anger. Gene an outstanding scholar goes off of a limb thinking that his best buddy Finny is intentionally
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For example, like how Finny always finds a way to wreck his studies with on of his activities. After this, on page 26 it shows an extract example, “ Okay, we go we will watch little lilly-liver lepellier not jump from the tree, and I run my grade.” (Knowles 26) this quote is talking about how Gene is getting angry over how he has to stop studying just for one of Finny's activities that has no purpose. He also feels like he is getting pressured into going to everything that Finny does, so he doesn't lose Finny's respect and loyalty. This is important since gene feelings are starting to bulge up in an enormous way, thus this can lead to something terrible and tragic. Additionally it's showing how jumpy and snappy, Gene is getting to Finny when he asks him about one of his activities. This relates to how Finny and Genes friendship is slowly starting to separate because of Genes angry and envy. John knowledge is showing us another side of Gene, before he was loving and always happy, know he is starting to get angry and grumpy since he can't study. Thus this shows us that how bad somebody not getting able to do something, and giving it up for someone's else can also make that one person
For example, like how Finny always finds a way to wreck his studies with on of his activities. After this, on page 26 it shows an extract example, “ Okay, we go we will watch little lilly-liver lepellier not jump from the tree, and I run my grade.” (Knowles 26) this quote is talking about how Gene is getting angry over how he has to stop studying just for one of Finny's activities that has no purpose. He also feels like he is getting pressured into going to everything that Finny does, so he doesn't lose Finny's respect and loyalty. This is important since gene feelings are starting to bulge up in an enormous way, thus this can lead to something terrible and tragic. Additionally it's showing how jumpy and snappy, Gene is getting to Finny when he asks him about one of his activities. This relates to how Finny and Genes friendship is slowly starting to separate because of Genes angry and envy. John knowledge is showing us another side of Gene, before he was loving and always happy, know he is starting to get angry and grumpy since he can't study. Thus this shows us that how bad somebody not getting able to do something, and giving it up for someone's else can also make that one person