A relationship is an association between two or more people at different degrees. Most relationships are mutual and others are hostile. Mutual relationships are very important as well as delicate. They can keep people together as long as one person doesn't turn there back on the other. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a relationship develops between Gene and Phineas. This relationship is very similar to the one between Doodle and his older brother in "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. These two relationships have been through rough times but both of them manage to stay strong during those hardships. These bonds lasted until one person let the other person down. Although these two relationships are very similar, both of them have their differences.
             Phineas and Doodle are very similar. One characteristic that is similar between Phineas and Doodle is that they both have vast imaginations. Phineas pretended that the war was a scheme to keep young people organized and mature. Doodle's imagination caused him to make obvious lies. Most of his lies referred to people who had wings and flew wherever they wanted to go. His favorite lie was about a boy named Peter who wore a bright golden robe and had a pet peacock with a ten-foot tail. Phineas and Doodle both died because the person they counted on the most let them down and they were too good for the world they existed in. Phineas counted on Gene to be his best friend. He even rejected the idea of Gene trying to ruin his athletic career. It broke Phineas's heart when he realizes that Gene really wanted to end his career and he died because he couldn't handle the truth. Doodle counted on his older brother to be there for him all the time. When they were both running a storm arriv!
             ed, Doodle falls down and calls for his brother for help. Doodle's brother kept running away from him until he could no longer hear his voice. The brother went back for him to find Doodle dead. Both Phineas and...