Friendship is the core of what bonds and makes new relationships between people. Throughout A Separate Peace, John Knowles displays both the struggles and the special moments of having a true friendship. The main characters, Gene and Finny grow up despite their differences in personalities and opinions. This leading to some mishaps and misunderstandings. Friendship is needed in everyday life, however, it can also cause chaos between friends.
From the very beginning, Knowles shows how friendship will be involved throughout the story. Knowles illustrated how Finny saves Gene’s life after he almost plunged to his death and how they both took appreciation of that. Being able to have the strength and reflex to catch your friend fall shows how much you really care about them. However, Gene thinks that Finny practically lost his life because, if it wasn’t for him he would not have been on that branch about to fall. Gene then assumes that all the games and meetings they attended were to lower his grades so that Finny would be able to raise his grade to be the smartest in the class. When he talks to Finny about the problem, he realises they were not done on purpose but so that both Gene and Finny could spend more time together. Sometimes your misunderstandings can interfere with others ruining their friendship or making the situation worse. …show more content…
Blaming starts to arouse when Gene accidently jounces on the branch causing Finny to shatter a leg. Finny doesn't remember why it broke, therefore giving Gene a free hand out of struggle. Gene not being honest and telling Finny gives us a hint that Gene is not always 100% honest. Later on breaking his leg the second time Finny realizes that Gene helped to break it the first time, and as Gene did not tell him Finny took the problem very seriously. Finny later passed away due to the bone marrow traveling through his bloodstream and into his
From the very beginning, Knowles shows how friendship will be involved throughout the story. Knowles illustrated how Finny saves Gene’s life after he almost plunged to his death and how they both took appreciation of that. Being able to have the strength and reflex to catch your friend fall shows how much you really care about them. However, Gene thinks that Finny practically lost his life because, if it wasn’t for him he would not have been on that branch about to fall. Gene then assumes that all the games and meetings they attended were to lower his grades so that Finny would be able to raise his grade to be the smartest in the class. When he talks to Finny about the problem, he realises they were not done on purpose but so that both Gene and Finny could spend more time together. Sometimes your misunderstandings can interfere with others ruining their friendship or making the situation worse. …show more content…
Blaming starts to arouse when Gene accidently jounces on the branch causing Finny to shatter a leg. Finny doesn't remember why it broke, therefore giving Gene a free hand out of struggle. Gene not being honest and telling Finny gives us a hint that Gene is not always 100% honest. Later on breaking his leg the second time Finny realizes that Gene helped to break it the first time, and as Gene did not tell him Finny took the problem very seriously. Finny later passed away due to the bone marrow traveling through his bloodstream and into his