Essay Archive - A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene and Phineas and the Struggle for Power
A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene and Phineas and the Struggle for Power
John Knowles' A Separate Peace depicts many examples of how power is
used. In A Separate Peace, two opposing characters struggle for their own
separate might. Gene Forrester, the reserved narrator, is weakened by his
struggle for power. While, Phineas was inspired by his own power within. The
novel conveys how peace can weaken or inspire during a mental war.
Phineas, a natural rebel, is known as the best athlete in school. For
example, he and t....
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