A Separate Peace - Gene And Finny
Shortly after Finny's fall from the tree, Gene, consumed by guilt and fear, obeys a strange compulsion to dress ike his roommate. He puts on Finny's clothes - even the unconventional pink shirt that was the "emblem" for the Allied bombing of Central Europe - and looks at himself in the mirror. There Gene sees he has become Finny "to the life." The physical resemblance
Gene senses, brings on a surge of Finny's own unique spirit within him. Unexpectedly, Gene feels free, daring, confident - just like Finny. For a moment, Gene has become Finny's double.
In a sense, Gene and Finny have been each other's doubles since the beginning of the novel. In the first description of the boys standing together by the tree, the narrator makes clear that they resemble each other physically to a remarkable extent. Their heights and weights are nearly identical, although Funny weighs about ten pounds more than Gene. But the crucial ten pounts, Gene notes with envy, are distributed evenly over......
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