A Separate Peace
Jealous, jealousy-resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious. Gene is jealous about the fact that sports comes naturally to Finny, but in order to succeed in academics Gene needs to work arduously. In fact, Finny shows such expertise that he doesn't need any preparation to reign victorious in any specific sport, or to surpass old records, as seen in chapter two. "I stopped and looked at him up and down. He didn't look directly back at me. "You're too good to be true," I said after a while.He glanced at me, and them said, "Thanks a lot" in a somewhat expressionless voice.Was he trying to impress me or something? Not tell anybody? When he had broken a school record without a day of practice?" (36)Gene, on the other hand, can't do anything impressive without studying frequently. Gene studies almost like he is overzealous, and trying to become the class valedictorian. If he doesn't study for hours on one test he is going to fail. He can't just go to the test not prepared and ace it like Finny can with sports. This made Gene
" I didn't, I was pretty sure I didn't know Finny at all. He analyzed my character, and he insisted on knowing what I disliked most about him ("You're too conventional," I said). I was not of the same quality as he. Finny will never again play sports. Revenge sets in to Gene, he thinks that he needs to be better than Finny. Gene starts to study more so he can concentrate on his goal of being valedictorian. Gene recognizes that Finny, on the charts, places ahead of Gene constantly so he plans a plot to get "even". (51-52)Almost immediately Gene feels better, he accomplished the impossible he scored a direct hit on the almighty, the unsurpassable Finny. "He had never been jealous of me for a second. In Gene's terms he has leveled the scales finally.
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