In the book A Separate Peace two mutual friends Gene Forrester and Finny become school friends. The two get along quite well, but one major difference between them was the thought of Gene thinking that Finny was jealous of his tutelage and thought he was trying to draw him away from his studies, the difference of Finny was his athletic ability that Gene lacked. The culture of Gene is very much different than Finns. Gene is a bookworm who excels in his academic studies therefore he has no time for athletic sports. Gene comes with a tone of being nostalgic and regretful feeling both love and hate for his best friend Finny almost but as the jealousy enhances from Finny being a natural born athlete. The reality was Gene being the real jealous