A Separate Peace Literary Analysis

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Throughout the novel A Separate Peace, the reader is introduced to the friendship of Gene Forrester and Phineas. The story is mainly about Gene Foreseer who flashback his memory fifteen years ago where he was still in high school when the war happened and the transition to their adulthood. The story covers students in Devon High School go through many things to learn about their friendship focusing on Gene and Finny. The two students,however, had a very different views on their friendship. Gene’s view on his friendship with Finny was full of jealousy while Finny’s view on his friendship with Gene was real and pure; nonetheless, Gene and Finny were both competitive.

Gene’s perspective on his relationship with Finny was full envious. Basically stating that Gene had a differing perspective than finny and it was more of an envious nature. John Knowles was inferring that Gene was competing with Finny without him knowing. In addition, the narrator stated saying,” I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little.” According to …show more content…

Throughout the story, Finny never felt a jealousy to Gene or to any other guys. The narrator expressed quoting,” Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone.” This shows the readers that Finny saw everyone as decent people. Finny saw everyone as his friends and never hated anyone. Finny appears that he can not take it upon to believe particular things. An example would be when Gene broke Finny’s leg. When Gene visited Finny in the infirmary room, Gene asked Finny what made him lose his balance in the tree. Finny had an unclear mind of Gene being the cause; however, he refused to accept this theory and apologized for even ponding about it. He admired Gene and never lost faith in

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