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A Separate Peace
Gene was a former student at
Devon High School in New Hampshire, he then became good friends with his
roommate whose name was Finny. Gene was very intellectual and Finny was
an athlete. They formed a society where they would jump off a tree branch.
As there relationship goes on Gene somewhat gets jealous of Finny and
as Finny was going to jump off the tree Gene shook it and forced Finny
to fall of the tree and shatter his leg, everyone thought it was an accident
but it really wasn't. Because of this tragedy Finny could not participate
in the summer Olympics that he wanted to in 1944. Then it was summer and
Gene took a short vacation, he went to Finny's house and confessed to
him that he had shook the tree on purpose, Finny didn't listen. One night
Gene, Finny, and a few other friends went to a room in the school to talk
about the incident and explain the truth to what has really happened.
Finny starts crying and then he runs out of the room and falls down the
marble stairs. That night Gene wanted to talk to Finny at the infirmary
but it was not possible, he then fell asleep, the next morning when he
talked to Finny he took full blame for the tragedy and Finny accepted
it, and then when the doctor was operating on him the marrow detached
from the bone and went through his bloodstream straight to the heart and
killed him. Because the story is so interesting it makes me love this
book and recommend it to other people so that they can read it.
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