Jealousy

Jealousy True Friends Jealousy is the route of many evils, and can effect us, all from the poorest of paupers to the richest of kings. It has lead men to lie, cheat, steal and exhibit other harmful acts toward their fellow man. This one emotion has broken the spirits of men since the dawn of time, and there is no end in site. In A Separate Peace by John Knowls, Gene, an all American boy, is griped with the age old torment of jealousy towards his best friend. This drives him to do despicable things. Gene's jealousy flourishes for Phineas every time Finny accomplishes something new. It reaches it's pinnacle when Phineas beat the school swimming record and does not want anyone to know about it. As if the feat itself wasn't enough, being humble about it angers Gene even more. He tries to deny the jealousy by figuring: " I was more certainly becoming the best student in the school; Phineas was without question the best athlete, so in that way we were even. But while he was a very poor stude! nt I was a pretty good athlete, and when everything was thrown on the scales they would in the jealousy, gene, phineas, best, finny, toward, school, must, even, better, athlete, without, wild, while, very, try, tree, towards, time, peace, once, off, nor, neither, men, gene's, follow, enough, end, emotion, effect, being, awile, about, wont