Реферат: Analysis Of A Separate Peace Essay Research

evident example of creating a state of denial was his relationship

with Gene. On page 62, Gene confesses to Finny that he deliberately

jounced the limb so [he] would fall off, and Finny responds, of

course you didn t. (Knowles, 62.) It was possible that he knew the

truth about Gene, considering he had feelings about what had

happened. He confesses these feelings to Gene, and quickly dismisses

them, and even apologizes for having them in the first place, which

shows that he observed Gene s true evil and forced himself to deny it.

(Knowles, 58.) This denial helped Finny find peace within himself, and

to be at peace with Gene.

The last example of a separate peace was that which Gene found

within himself. He had always had trouble finding his true character,

and he helped himself do so by somewhat becoming a part of Phineas. On

page 54, Gene decides to put on Finny s clothes, for no apparent

reason. He looks in the mirror and realizes that he was Phineas,

Phineas to the life. (Knowles, 54.) At his new realization of

character, Gene says that he would never stumble through the

confusions of [his] own character again. (Knowles, 54.) After Finny s

accident, Dr. Stanpole tells Gene that Phineas would never be able to

play sports again. Gene decides he wanted no more of sports, as though

when Dr. Stanpole said Sports are finished he had been speaking of

[Gene]. (Knowles, 76.) In this way, Gene felt he was a part of

Phineas, and at peace with himself. When Finny dies, Gene did not cry

then or ever about him. He felt as if he had died himself. (Knowles,

186.) This shows how Gene had found his true self and was at peace by

becoming a part of Finny.

In conclusion, there were several forms of separate peace that

existed at Devon, the most significant being that of the Summer

Session, and that which Gene and Finny established for themselves. In