A writer once said " A real friend is someone who is one walks in when the rest of the world walks out." In A Separate Peace, Gene jounced the limb so his friend Finny could fall and get hurt. There could have been many reasons but there really is one could it be that Gene was jealous of Finny.
There can be many reasons why Gene pushed Finny out of the tree maybe one reason would be that Gene was jealous of Finny because he was more popular and he was good at sports. In John Knowels A Separate Peace, he described many reasons that Gene would Jounce the limb so Finny could fall. This accident would ruin their friendship and then they wouldn't be the same.
" I jounced the limb. I caused it. I deliberately jounced the limb so you would fall." Gene told Finny that he did it on purpose he couldn't hold it back anymore. He felt guilty for what he had done and Gene had to tell finny the truth. What really happened? Now Finny is confused because ho doesn't know why his best friend would do something like this.
" Everything that had happened through out the day faded like that first fall snow fall of the winter. Phineaus was back." Gene was mad because finny came back and all the popularity that Gene had gotten all went to Finny. This would ruin their friendship because Gene was mad and he wanted to feel like he was wanted and popular. When Finny came back Gene felt as if Finny stole all of the popularity away from him.
" Sports are finished for him after an accident like that." This would also hurt their friendship because Finny played sports and now that he can't play sports he doesn't know what to do. Since Gene caused the accident to Finnys leg Finny would be mad at him for ruining his sports life. But Finny would also be mad at Gene because Gene had the smarts and didn't have to try hard in school to get a good grade and Finny would have to try really hard to even break a c.
" A real friend is someone who is one walks in when the rest of the world walks out.