A Separate Peace

The Devon Scool is an all boys school in New Hampsire, and the two main characters that boarded at Devon is Phineas and Gene. Phineas is very noncholant and impulsive. He attracts everyone he meets and hardly has any enemies besides Gene. But it's weird because in my opinion Finny known that Gene doesn't like him but he calls Gene his best pal. Gene wants to be above Phineas, he wants to prove to Phineas that he is better than him. But he even admitted that Phineas is over higher quality than him, so there was no point in creating conflict. Gene doesn't know how to be his own person, everything Finny tells Gene to do, Gene does it, even though sometimes he disagrees with what he's condoning. He hates the consequnces that cones with it, such as failing on quizzes and missing homework assignments. Finny has a natural glow, and whenever he walks, he has a certain flow to him. This comes with suspicion that Finny could be a Christ figure. He's perfect, described to have a "natural glow", and when him and Gene were coming from the beach, Gene said that he was a copper color. And perceivably, the bible says that God had bronzed skin, and hair of wool. Implying that he is African-American. When Gene jounced the limb, Finny to fell out of the "special" tree. Impulsively, Gene followed. He lost all of his fear when he jumped. But it didn't make any sense, why would he purposefully shake the limb knowing that Finny would fall, then try and jump to his rescue. Gene is not a trustworthy narrator. He focuses a lot on Finny's character, and possibly he is trying to change his ways to be like Phineas.