While reading any peace of literature, a significant event in that story can lead to a further understanding of the characters involved with the incident, and/or the novel itself. In the book A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, one character makes a horrible mistake that not only advanced the reader's understanding of the novel, but also leads to that characters fall. Jean Forrester, the narrator of the story, made a fatal decision that led to the death of his best friend, along with an understanding of the emotional problems that caused his decision.
Finny was not only Gene's best friend, but also the person that Jean envied throughout the novel. Jean wanted more than anything in the world to be as slick and athletic as Finny. When Jean and Finny had missed a dinner toward the start of the novel, Finny was able to talk his way out of any trouble with his smooth talk that Jean was envious of. Soon later a major conflict between Jean and Finny occurred when Finny wore a bright pink shirt to the celebration for the first Allied bombing of Central Europe. This hinted the reader of a spark of anger within Gene that Finny could virtually escape and get away with anything. The day of Finny's slick talking to get him out of trouble for missing dinner, and getting away with wearing a pink shirt to a celebration, foreshadowed the anger that was building up inside of Gene.
Towards the end of chapter four, Gene committed the mistake that led to a better understanding of Gene's character. When Finny and Gene decided to jump off the branch into the water, Gene's leg jostled the branch causing Finny to fall. Before the incident occurred, Gene stated, "Now I knew that there never was any rivalry I was not of the same quality as he. I couldn't stand this ." Gene was so envious of Finny that it caused him purposely to shake the branch which led to the fall and broken leg. Even after the incident occurred, Gene later admitted to purposely shaking the branch for Finny to fall.
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A Seperate Peace-Finny How Things Change In the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a boy named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in order to find an inner peace. While attending the private boys' school during the second World War, Gene's best friend Phineas died and ...
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