A Separate Peace

Everyone in the world has a slice in their soul that is pure evil. For some people it is larger than others. Some of this evil is represented in the characters of A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Some of this evil may also be represented by the Mrs. LaBombard when she reads this because it is not exactly the assignment. The first character from A Separate Peace that shows a nice piece of evil, …

…to convince himself that Finny is wrong. Throughout the novel, these three characters let their inner darkness out many times, for many different reasons. Quackenbush hurts Gene to make himself feel good, Brinker hurts Gene because of his jealousy for the things he has, and Gene hurts Finny because of his rivalry and jealousy of Finny. Everyone has darkness inside of them; the difference is whether or not we decide to “act” upon these impulses.