Summary Of A Separate Peace By John Knowles
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The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles explores the idea of killing one’s enemy, and whether that enemy is physical or if they are internal. Gene is an intelligent and insecure boy who falls into friendship with the charming and cheeky Phineas. Gene’s own insecurities and envious nature causes him to sabotage Finny by pushing him out of a tree and crippling him for life. When Phineas comes back, Gene is rid of the paranoid and manic mindset which brought on his impulsive actions but sadly, even as Gene tries to be the best friend possible for newly crippled Finny, it is not enough and Gene cannot escape his past. It is Finny who suffers from Gene’s past actions being confronted and denounced, as his incredulousness causes him to literally