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A Separate Peace, suggests that true friendship requires honesty between friends, because without honesty there is no trust between friends, and trust is the basis of a friendship.

Friendship is the main theme in John Knowles' novel A Separate Peace. Gene Forrester, an intellectual student and Finny, his roommate at Devon School, who is usually misbehaving, become friends. The two have opposing interests and personalities, yet still remain close friends. Gene, envying Finny's athletic ability, thinks that Finny, in return, envies his academic achievements, and he suspects that Finny is trying to divert him from his work. Gene's doubts turn into indignant hatred. When Gene learns that Finny had never tried to compete with him, Gene resents Finny all the more for Finny's lack of resentment toward him. Gene cannot stand that Finny might be a better person, so he then feels he has to make Finny his equal. To do that he has to take away the only thing giving Finny power over him; his......

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