In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene returns from
visiting Leper, who had escaped from the army and is now hiding. When Gene returns to the grounds of the Devon
School he sees Finny and a bunch of boys in a Snowball fight. At first Gene is just watching the other boys
play but then Finny insists that Gene would be on his team. After Gene joins they keep the war going
until Finny turns on his team and the snowball fight becomes a free for all. On
page 154, Gene narrates, “ Suddenly he turned on me, he betrayed several other
of his friends; he went over to Brinker’s side for a short time enough to
ensure that his betrayal of them would heighten the disorder. Loyalties became hopelessly entangled”
(Knowles). Then everyone turned on Finny. Everyone turned on him because he
turned and betrayed his own teammates and started all the disorder. I think this happens here because it is short
of a preview of betrayal to Finny. I
feel like in the next couple of chapters everyone including Gene are going to
betray Finny but in a much more serious way.
I think that Finny will do something that will make Gene jealous enough
to betray and possibly hurt his best friend.
What do you think will happen in the future; do you think
Gene will betray Finny in some sort of way?
I like your point that it could be a preview of the future, but i also think that it could be linked to his overconfidence discussed in other questions. I feel that Finny turned on everyone because he may have used to be able to when he was not injured and maybe when there were less people there. This is showing that he does think that he is fully healed and that he can carry on with his normal life.
ReplyDeleteGene will remain friends with Finny. When he rebroke his leg it wasn't because of Gene and he knew originally that Gene did it. Finny has been trying to stay away from the subject and like when leper confronts Gene finny also acts out of pure emotion and leaves. Finny will heal fully emotionally but not physically and that will help their friendship. Gene and finny will maintain their relationship
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