Genes Growing Discontent with Finny
Gene comes to the Devon School 15 years after he attended it and tells us the story when he was sixteen. In chapters 1-3 of John Knowles' A Separate Peace, the characters Gene and Finny appear to be the best of friends. However, the names that Gene calls Finny, Gene's resentment at feeling forced to engage in activities of Finny's devising, and Genes responses when he thinks Finny is getting in trouble reveal his growing discontent.
The names that Gene calls Finny reveal his growing discontent with their relationship. As a response to Finny when they were talking about the jumping of the tree, Gene calls Finny "goofy."(10) Gene retaliates against Finny because he was trying to shame him. Finny decides to wear a pink shirt as a symbol of him supporting an allied bombing in Europe, Gene see's this and calls him a "fairy."(17) Gene does not like Finny's shirt because it is out of the ordinary so he says it makes him look like a fairy.
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