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Gene and Cohn—Alike and Apart

The Sun Also Rises, written by Ernest Hemingway, and A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, both have something in common among the characters. All the characters have hidden sides to them, which they immensely want to reveal to those with whom they communicate and occupy themselves; nonetheless, something within them holds them back, which almost causes severe destruction of their inner selves and those they love and cherish. Two focal characters from each book—Robert Cohn from The Sun Also Rises and Gene Forrester from A Separate Peace—are very much influenced by their companions and surroundings and they both have certain characteristics that are common in many aspects but also drastically different in other features.
The first thing known about Robert Cohn is that he is a boxer. He takes up boxing at the university not because he enjoys it as a sport but only to "counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he felt on being treated......

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