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.
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By Gene wanted to be valedictorian, Finny getting pushed off the tree, and ____are the reasons why Gene …show more content…
During this time when Gene wants to be Valedictorian, the only reason is because he wants to be even with Finny’s …show more content…
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