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1. In the book A Separate Piece, I understood and connected with both characters very well. The character I would say I sympathized more with is Gene. I sympathized more with Gene because Gene had a lot of the same feelings in the book that I have. An example In the book is when Gene thought that Finny was trying to draw him away from his studies so that he wouldn't be the head of the class but was never really doing that. I can relate because sometimes I feel the same way that people are trying to make me drift away from the things that really matter to me.

2. In the story, A Separate Piece the tree that they had their meetings at and they jumped off was very important for the growth of Gene. In the beginning

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