A Separate Peace: the Incident at the Tree

Nicole Tu Mr. Lavato English 2A, Period 1 10 September, 2012 The Incident at the Tree In the novel, A Separate Peace by conjuration Knowles, agent Forrester and Phineas, also known as Finny, are best friends who pull in a very deep friendship. However, as the story progresses, broker began to get around feelings of jealousy for Finny when he saw how perfect Finnys character is. Finny has endlessly been able to talk his way out of trouble and is natur every last(predicate)y a good athlete who is earnest, confident, & virginal.On the other hand, Gene cannot be pure like Finny and feels insecure. Seeing how good Finny is, caused Gene to become jealous, I was stolon to see that Phineas could get away with some(prenominal)thing, I couldnt help envying him (ch2. 20) Soon, Gene thinks that a rivalry is happening between them. Because Gene envies Finnys character, he thinks that Finny is also jealous of him for his good academic performance, I felt better. Yes, I sensed it like th e sweat of relief We were even after all The deadly rivalry was on both sides after all. (ch4. 4). By mentation there is a competition between them, Gene feels at ease, because no(prenominal) of them is better than the other. One night, Finny announced that Leper allow for jump turned the channelize, in order to become a full member of their secret society. Gene didnt want to go because he feared his grade would slip if he didnt study and also thinks that Leper wouldnt dare to jump off the tree. After hearing from Gene that he wanted to study, Finny was surprise because he thought that Gene was naturally intelligent, who doesnt need to review for a test.With sincerity, Finny lets Gene study, but Gene changed his mind and would come along with Finny. On the way to the tree,Gene realizes that a competition never happened and it was just Gene that was jealous of Finny. Because Gene saw Finnys goodness and innocence, Gene realizes a rivalry with Finny will never occur. Gene began t o feel angry with himself because he has been mistaken the square time. Most importantly, no matter what Gene does he will never be like Finny. there never was and never could have been any rivalryI am not the same quality as he. (ch4. 72) After much thinking, Finny and Gene soon reached the tree and Finny suggested that the two consider a double-jump, which Gene agreed to do and followed Finny up the tree. Gene was by now, feeling anger jealously, and for a split second, he became overwhelm with his emotions and jounced the tree limb. With the lost of balance, Finny fell off the tree and broke his leg.