Evils of A Seperate Peace

             Everyone in the world has a slice in their soul that is pure evil. For some people it is larger than others. Some of this evil is represented in the characters of A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Some of this evil may also be represented by the Mrs. LaBombard when she reads this because it is not exactly the assignment.
             The first character from A Separate Peace that shows a nice piece of evil, and of whom has a very large amount of evil grief in his heart in my opinion, is Quackenbush. Quackenbush is the head of the crew team at Devon School. He is always teased and harassed by the other students and consequently, Quackenbush has low self-esteem. He feels that by making fun of Gene, unleashing his inner evil, that it will make him feel better. You know how it is, someone makes you feel bad or very pissed off then sometimes you take it out on other people. The same idea is seen here with Quackenbush. For the time being it makes him feel big and important. The first incident is when Gene starts as the Assistant Crew Manager and Quackenbush is above him. "...'Get some towels'...'How many?'...'As many as you can carry. That won't be too many.'..." (69). Quackenbush hurts Gene another time too. After making fun of Gene, Gene remarks, "...You, Quackenbush, don't know anything about who I am..." Then Quackey remarks "Listen you maimed son-of-a-bitch..."(71). Then a fistfight breaks out between the two. Quackenbush doesn't like when Gene stands up for himself, he cannot stand it. Gene did not like that comment because Finny was at that time disabled. Quackenbush lets out his inner evil at Gene because he wants to feel important; that he has control over another human being's emotions.
             The second character I have chosen is Brinker. Brinker, who is the popular 'everyman' at Devon, seems jealous of the friendship that Gene and Finny shar...

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