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Summary Of A Seperate Peace By John Knowles

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A Seperate Peace Books such as A Seperate Peace, written by John Knowles, are created to make you think. That is exactly what this book made you do. It maked you think and revaluate certain things, like friendships and relationships, escpecially friendships like Gene and Finny’s. Throughout the book their relationship as friends and roomates really makes you question what they are to each other. Are they friends, enemies, more than friends? It’s kind of hard to tell. Throughout the novel Gene and Finny’s friendship fluctuates greatly. From being roomates, to the tree incident by the river, and Finny training Gene to go to the Olympics. The boy’s true freindship is greatly tested during their time together at Devon. When having a roomate …show more content…

It changed almost everything. “Holding firmly to the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then bent my knees and I jounced the limb. Finny, his balance gone, swung his head around to look at me for an instant with exteme interest, and then he tumbled sideways, broke through the little branches below and hit the bank with a sickening, unnatural thud.” (Knowles 52). What Gene did to Finny would usually be the end to any friendship. Yet, Finny was still optimistic about their friendship, even though deep down, Finny knew what the truth was about Gene and about what happened. Finny was a true friend. After what had happened at the tree, Finny did not accuse Gene of pushing him, he ignored what happened and moved on. He let it go because he wanted to keep Gene as a friend instead of disowning him. Finny was so confident about their friendship, that he even told Gene that he was going to take Finnys spot in sports since he could no longer …show more content…

“Well I was. And now I’m not sure, not a hundred percent sure, I’ll be completely, you know, in shape by 1944. So I’m going to coach you instead…. We’re grooming you for the Olympics, pal, in 1944.” (Knowles 118). When Finny says this, he is being very forgiving. Not only did he let Gene pushing him out of tree go, but he is also letting Gene play sports for him. He belives in him as a friend. He has hope in their friendship because he really is Genes friend. Gene agrees to play sports for him, however, Gene agrees because in a way, he is trying to make up for what he did. He feels guilty and he knows now that all along, Finny was never trying to sabaoage anything for Gene. He was trying to have fun and be a good friend. Now, Gene wants to do everything he can to be there for Finny, not only to help him, but to be his friend. They both needed each other at this

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