A Separate Peace

The Transformation of a Friendship. In John Knowle’s A Seperate Peace , the main characters, Gene and Finny have a unique friendship that transforms throughout chapter four. According to Webter’s dictionary the word “friendly” means not hostile; amicable. One could assume that a friend would contain these characteristics of a friend. However, their perfect friendship slowly transforms. As a result, of these changes Gene comes to the conclusion that he and Finny are in …

…Finny and this constant jelousy leeds to his insanity, the loss of Finny, and this tremendous guilt. Despite his sympathetic feelings he has, Gene seems almost malicious at times. An insane and bitter person who refuses to explain himself, and so, even though we know what he is thinking we still don’t know who the true “Gene” is due to the fact that he will not admit to himself his true feelings or intent.