In "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, Gene's jealousy towards Finny leads to Gene feeling negative emotions. Gene's jealousy towards Finny leads Gene to feel insecure with himself. Not only does Gene's jealousy lead to insecurity, it also leads Gene to deny many things that have been happening to him. In addition to insecurity and denial, Gene's jealousy also leads him to feel hatred towards Finny. In "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, Gene's jealousy towards Finny leads to Gene's insecurity, denial, and hatred.
             Gene's jealousy towards Finny leads him to be insecure with himself. The beginning of Gene's insecurity starts when he says, "Finny had deliberately set out to wreck my studies. That explained blitzball, that explained the nightly meetings of the Super Suicide Society, that explained his insistence that I share all his diversions. The way I believed that you're-my-best-friend blabber! Sure, he wanted to share everything with me, especially his procession of D's in every subject"(Knowles 45). Gene is studying in his room when Finny starts to say some mean things to him. Finny leaves the room and Gene starts to think about what Finny may be trying to do to him. Gene is starting to be insecure and is not highly stable or well adjusted. Gene's jealousy leads Gene to feel insecure about himself and makes Gene say and think bad things. Gene is insecure because of his jealousy towards Finny; Gene is so jealous that he makes some wrong decisions. In the passage, Gene is thinking some bad thoughts about Finny and he is feeling insecure. He is thinking that Finny is out to make Gene a bad student and that Finny wants to make Gene like him. The jealousy that Gene is feeling leads to insecurity because he is thinking that he is not good enough for Finny or himself and he wants to be like Finny.
             Not only does Gene's jealousy towards Finny lead...