Coping Essay
A Separate Peace is a novel written by John Knowles, in which the main character Gene Forrester is a student at Devon and he is competing with his best friend Finny. He pushes Finny off the tree and Finny shattered his leg. Finny died a few months later because of another accident. But Finny loves his friend, but Gene does not know that. Finny tries to cope with his problems by training Gene for an Olympics that will not happen, denying that there is a war going on, and his love of winter.
Finny tries to cope with his problems by training Gene for an Olympics that would not happen. Finny wants to participate in the Olympics in 1944, but he could not because he is injured. He trained his friend Gene for the Olympics in 1944, but …show more content…
Finny believes that the war is not real. According to Finny, the war is a “medicinal drug”, and he asked Gene if he has ever heard of the “Roaring Twenties”. And he says “they didn’t like that, the preachers and the old ladies and all the stuffed shirts. So they tried prohibition and everybody just got drunker, so then they really got desperate and arranged the Depression. That kept the people who were young in the thirties in their places”. Finny said that “they could not use that trick forever, so for us in the forties, they have cooked up this war fake.” Finny explained that “ they” represents “ The fat old men who don’t want young people crowding them out of their jobs” (Knowles 115). Finny believes that the war is not real and the authorities make up the war to keep the young people busy. Finny’s belief shows that he is trying to ignore the war.
Finny tries to cope with his problems by showing his love for winter. Finny loves winter, and he mentioned it four times. Finny tells Gene that “The winter loves me, as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love” (Knowles 110). Gene does not believe that it is true, but he knows that it is like “every other thought and belief of Finny’s: it should have been true” (Knowles 110). Finny’s opinion shows that he is trying to cope with his problems by showing his love for
A Separate Peace is a novel written by John Knowles, in which the main character Gene Forrester is a student at Devon and he is competing with his best friend Finny. He pushes Finny off the tree and Finny shattered his leg. Finny died a few months later because of another accident. But Finny loves his friend, but Gene does not know that. Finny tries to cope with his problems by training Gene for an Olympics that will not happen, denying that there is a war going on, and his love of winter.
Finny tries to cope with his problems by training Gene for an Olympics that would not happen. Finny wants to participate in the Olympics in 1944, but he could not because he is injured. He trained his friend Gene for the Olympics in 1944, but …show more content…
Finny believes that the war is not real. According to Finny, the war is a “medicinal drug”, and he asked Gene if he has ever heard of the “Roaring Twenties”. And he says “they didn’t like that, the preachers and the old ladies and all the stuffed shirts. So they tried prohibition and everybody just got drunker, so then they really got desperate and arranged the Depression. That kept the people who were young in the thirties in their places”. Finny said that “they could not use that trick forever, so for us in the forties, they have cooked up this war fake.” Finny explained that “ they” represents “ The fat old men who don’t want young people crowding them out of their jobs” (Knowles 115). Finny believes that the war is not real and the authorities make up the war to keep the young people busy. Finny’s belief shows that he is trying to ignore the war.
Finny tries to cope with his problems by showing his love for winter. Finny loves winter, and he mentioned it four times. Finny tells Gene that “The winter loves me, as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love” (Knowles 110). Gene does not believe that it is true, but he knows that it is like “every other thought and belief of Finny’s: it should have been true” (Knowles 110). Finny’s opinion shows that he is trying to cope with his problems by showing his love for