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A Separate Peace: True Friends - Term Papers

A Separate Peace: True Friends

Jealousy is the route of many evils, and can effect us, all from
the poorest of paupers to the richest of kings. It has lead men to lie,
cheat, steal and exhibit other harmful acts toward their fellow man. This
one emotion has broken the spirits of men since the dawn of time, and
there is no end in site. In A Separate Peace by John Knowls, Gene, an all
American boy, is griped with the age old torment of jealousy towards his
best friend. This drives him to do despicable things.

Gene's jealousy flourishes for Phineas every time Finny
accomplishes something new. It reaches it's pinnacle when Phineas beat the
school swimming record and does not want anyone to know about it. As if
the ...

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and this appeased the grip of
jealousy for awile at least. Peace is once again retained at the Devon
school, but it wont last. Neither Gene nor Phineas can foresee the agony
which will soon be beckoning them.(4)

The summer was quickly passing for these two boys and Gene nearly
forgot his jealousy towards Finny. The stress of trying to be better and
follow Finny's wild ideas finally got to Gene. He has had enough, and the
jealousy turns to rage without Genes knowledge. Finny has another wild
idea, he and Gene will jump off the large tree into the river together.
Carelessly, Phineas ambles up the tree first with Gene following closely
behind.(1) They reached the top "...I took a step toward him, and then my
knees bent and I jounced the limb"(52). Finny fell, shattering his leg as
well as his hopes and his dreams for his future as an athlete. Gene is no
better off. What had been jealousy was now replaced by an even more
painful emotion, guilt.

Neither Gene nor Phineases' ...

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Added: 1/5/2007 08:37:27 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 496
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