A Separate Peace
In John Knowle's A Seperate Peace, the main characters, Gene and Finny have a unique friendship that transforms throughout chapter four. According to Webter's dictionary the word "friendly" means not hostile; amicable. One could assume that a friend would contain these characteristics of a friend. However, their perfect friendship slowly transforms. As a result, of these changes Gene comes to the conclusion that him and Finny are in a constant competition in which death, jealousy and the loss of a best friend result. One could say that the most meaningful and bold theme in the book is the theme of transformation. And indeed the most obvious transformations were that of the main characters, Gene and Finny in Chapter four. Before the events in chapter four which, Gene Forrester was intelligent, thoughtful, competitive, and a mediocre athlete. He did not like big displays of emotion, just like most people at Devon, the prep school he attends. He is also a follower and listens to Finny because he did not want to lose Finny's respect. Finny on the other hand, is almost a polar opposite of Gene. He is honest, handsome, self-confident, extremely likable, rebellious, and an excellent athlete. As a matter of fact, he i
Meanwhile, Finny dies because of bone marrow that escaped from his broken leg, and Gene feels like he died along with Finny. He is not dependent on everyone else like he used to be. By the end of the book, Gene is no longer a conformist, and he doesn't follow everyone. Gene wants to get involved in sports so he can be more like Finny was before he broke his leg. Brinks goes from being highly involved in class politics, to shunning his duty as a school politician. He is unable to enlist in the military because of his new disability, and his hoax is his excuse for not wanting to join the war. When Gene knocks Finny off of the branch, he projects his competitive nature and jealousy of Finny into an act of betrayal and anger. In chapter 6, Gene tells Finny he is trying to become the assistant crew manager. Finny used to be realistic and straight to the point, now he is in denial that his best friend made him have a broken leg. Gene believes that Finny is trying to corrupt his studies and that Finny is plotting against him because of his good academic skills. Gene wants to follow his friends plan and join the military, but Gene sees Finny does not approve and Gene decides not to enlist. This made Gene feel more like Finny for the rest of the night, as if he had transformed into Finny himself. Finny starts to become more like Gene when he starts to have Gene as his tutor.
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