Conflict Between Gene And Finny In 'A Separate Peace'

During this time period, World War II was a conflict with Gene and Finny’s relationship with each other before they even knew it. Finny was the curious, athletic one who in the summer always wondered off to see what the older member were doing. Gene was different from Finny. He was the intelligent, brilliant boy that was perceived as Finny’s sidekick. Even though they are complete opposites they have a bond that pulls them together. By them having the bond with each other they grow to be best friends but also competitors.
Thesis/ Claim Statement: Make a claim (take a stance that is arguable) that addresses the prompt. Do not state a fact.
By Gene wanted to be valedictorian, Finny getting pushed off the tree, and ____are the reasons why Gene
and Finny are not classified as a friendship

By this Gene accuses Finny of ruining his chances of be it because he always tries to get in his way.
During this time when Gene wants to be Valedictorian, the only reason is because he wants to be even with Finny’s
achievements.
Evidence: Integrated quote with page citation. He had won and been proud to win the Falbraith Gootbraith Football Trophy and sport Award, and there were two or three other athletic prizes he was sue to get this year or next. If I was head of the class on Graduation Day and made a speech…….We would be even, that was all. We would be even….”(51-51). This is important because it show that Gene would rather spend all his time working on being Valedictorian instead of being with Finny just so they can be even. Gene has to nonstop work on being barely as good as Finny.
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They feel like they have to compete for who is dominant but Gene uses his trust for other reason

In the previous paragraph it show how Gene spends his time studying but he also goes the the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. They would alway initiated new members by having them jump of the tree into the devon river. When Leper was going to join Finny and Gene decided to jump.
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When this happened Finny was pushed off the tree which was an act of jealousy from Gene
Evidence: Integrated quote with page citation. “MY own voice sounded quiet and foreign.’I jounced the limb. I caused it’, One more sentence. ‘I deliberately jounced the limb so you could fall’”(70). Most people would say that Gene didn't know want he was talking about because he doesnt member. This isn’t true because even if you don’t remember what happened you would instantly think that there is no way that you can push you friend off a tree. Now with Gene he most likely has PTSD which cause him to block off what most likely happened. With him he didn't instantly said without a doubt, he didn't know. This shows that there is a chance that he did push him off because of jealously.
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By this we know that he is full of jealousy and it will affect everything around him.
Gene like is a work of art, if you mess with the original then it chances it morals. By Finny being with him, he chances into someone new. If Finny does something that Gene doesn't agree with the Gene becomes every snobby In this quote,”I saw that right away, why not? He had made it up hadn’t he?”, this explains it perfectly(40)He is every upset when Finny get praised because he is the best at his own game. Obviously, if someone else created the game Finny would be the best at it. By this Gene hate it because Finny get all the credit of winning the game but also the credit for creating the game. Gene know that if someone else tried to make Blitzball a game then no one would do. This only works because Finny is well-known within the school and he is popular.
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By this FInny can get away but Gene is stuck beneath his shade which makes even more jealous of
Finny.

By Gene wanting to be Valedictorian and leveling with Finny it shows how the war separates friendship and puts allies against each other. When Finny fell it shows how one side will take a shortcut into winning a war.
Create New Meaning: Leave your reader feeling like they have new insight, or that they made a connection they otherwise might not have seen. Tie the end of your essay back to your intro so that the essay sends a universal message.
FInny and Gene do not have a friendship, they have their own war story that collided with each other. In the end, one side has to win every the other, in the case, Gene.