Finny's Failure In John Knowles A Separate Peace

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In John Knowles, A Separate Peace, Brinker organizes a mock trial to extract the truth from Gene, during the day of Finny’s fall. Brinker and three other students surge into Finny and Gene’s room to forcefully “half-lift” them to the trial. Both, Finny and Gene follow along with Brinker, thinking of the situation as a prank. The trial was set in the dark assembly room, as there was nothing funny or prank like to the boys. Brinker is unwilling to accept the truth about Finny’s fall, as he strongly believes it was Gene’s doing. Motivated Brinker was never able to let the incident go, as I believe he was jealous and was left out of Gene and Finny's friendship. Although, the thought of going into service can also be a factor, as Brinker can be

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