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A Separate Peace: The Internal Constant - Term Papers

A Separate Peace: The Internal Constant

While everyone on this earth is physicly unique, all share many
internal emotions and internal struggles with each other. Although outside
they are different than anyone else, inside there is commonplace. In the
book A Separate Peace, I believe that one of the main characters, Gene,
resembles me as he grows up into this world.

In A Separate Peace, Gene had a great friendship with a boy named
Finny, whose friendship resembled that of my friendship with my best friend,
Mason. Whenever I would go anywhere with Mason, I would not know what to
expect, but one thing I did know was that it would be exciting. This was
the same for Gene and Finy; Gene would go along with Finny, never ...

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Finny abruptly picked
one up, ran, and pole vaulted, breaking the school record. He then told
Gene never to tell anyone about Finny breaking the record. Both of these
instances are incredibly alike. Finally, Finny was symbolicly killed
because of society. Finny was wounded and wound up in a cast. He
eventually died after he had seen what society really was. This situation
is a lot like Mason's situation. Mason moved out of our neighborhood and
his new next door neighbor introduced him to drugs, killing that free
spirit which made him alive. Society had taken the best of both Mason and
Finy, but like Gene, I still had that inspiration which could never be
stolen from either I or Gene.

In addition to these close relationships, Gene is a lot like me in
that he must deal with growing up and maturing. One step in maturing is
knowing who to listen to and who not to listen to. At Gene's school,
teachers enforce rules, cutting and chipping away at all that his friend
Finny ...

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Added: 4/28/2006 11:01:40 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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