Essay Archive - A Separate Peace: True Friends
A Separate Peace: True Friends
Jealousy is the route of many evils, and can effect us, all from
the poorest of paupers to the richest of kings. It has lead men to lie,
cheat, steal and exhibit other harmful acts toward their fellow man. This
one emotion has broken the spirits of men since the dawn of time, and
there is no end in site. In A Separate Peace by John Knowls, Gene, an all
American boy, is griped with the age old torment of jealousy towards his
best friend. This drives him to do despicable things.
Gene's jealousy flourishes for Phineas every time Finny
accomplishes something new. It reaches it's pinnacle when....
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