“Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family”, found in Proverbs 18:24. This corresponds to Gene and Finny, because when Finny injured himself Gene stuck by his side regardless as if he was family. In A Separate Peace John Knowles conversed Finny into an Athletic, charismatic, and likeable character. This illustrated that charm and kindness can win you many friends.Phineas was an astounding athlete. His athletic ability and skill gained him much popularity. For instance he saw that no one had broken the swimming record so he went and broke it. “Don't run away from challenges run over them”(Joan Benoit Samuelson). This resembles Finny because he had a competitive spirit that is what everyone had loved about him. Although people loved his athletic skills they fell in love with his charisma even more. Finny was always getting into trouble, but …show more content…
Phineas got along with everyone, was friends with everyone, never had any problems. In fact Gene said, “Finny could shine with everyone he attracted everyone he met”. Throughout the story Gene portrayed Finny as someone who expected everyone to be energetic ,bubbly, carefree. Gene had some strong feelings towards Finny, but he did not pick up on it. He started to compare everything that him and Finny did it was like as if life had became a competition, well at least it was through his eyes. Gene started to express hatred or maybe jealousy ,even he started analyzing life, questioning things. He felt as if Finny controlled him, so he tried to change his ways and stop being so naive. But there was something rare about Finny you could not hate him or be mad at him he was just likeable. Finny lived life in the moment so he really did not do a lot of thinking he thought everything between the two of them was great. Things were not so good but there was nothing Gene could do about it they were