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A Separate Peace: character relationship between Phineas and Gene
Date Submitted: 08/07/2001 18:56:04
Length: 1 pages (234 words)
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English II Honors 4 November 2002 A Part of Ourselves In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the characters of Phineas and Gene were best friends, roommates, and soul mates. Gene subconsciously wanted to be Finny, and he succeeded in becoming a part of Finny. "I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas" (77). After …
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…a part of him Phineas was. "I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family's strait-laced burial ground outside of Boston. I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case." (186). Gene realized he was living his life through Phineas. A part of Gene died when Phineas died. Word Count: 241
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