Internal Conflict In John Knowles A Separate Peace

In John Knowles, fictional story A Separate Peace he uses internal conflict to give the reader insight on the narrator’s feeling of lack of self-confidence. After Finny’s accident, Gene decided that he wanted to be the assistant senior crew manager of the crew team. Quackenbush, the head crew manager, questioned Gene as to why he suddenly wanted to become the assistant manager, “Starting a little late to manage teams aren’t you?” “Am I?” (78) Gene is a pretty good athlete, but suddenly he doesn’t think that he’s good enough to play sports. When Finny finds out that Gene is going to be the assistant manager for the crew team he questions it because he knows that Gene is good enough to play sports, especially since it’s his senior year of