A Separate Peace

          I'm reading the book A Seperate Peace by John Knowles. This book is about two young boys who eventually grow apart as they get older. The connection between these boys is phenominal! One of the boys' names is Gene. Gene is a more quiet type of boy when compared to the other boy, Phineas. Phineas is more of the  daring type, he usually guilts Gene into doing danergous but "fun" things. This book, so far, is making me not want to grow apart from my friends. One important thing is this book has a lot of coming of age examples. One is that the boys cherish their time together and you can totally tell. I can't wait to read the rest.
          As I said, Gene is more of the quiet type. During the book you never witness Gene doing anything crazy unless persuaded by Phineas. This story mostly takes place during the summer.A way that this setting can effect what happens between theboys, is that they actually have time to spend together. Once they begin to hangout, the boys begin to grow toward eachother and bond. Gene is my favorite character in this book because I can relate to him in a unique way. The way he acts, but not how he is easily persuaded by people.
            Phineas on the other hand, is a daredevil! He is a very good friend to Gene, but he is able to trick him into doing many things. I don't think he means it for bad, but to make Gene have a good time. This friendship grows stronger as they begin to make everything perfect. What I mean by that is that, Phineas is the type of person to make everything good enough to be worth remembering. I guess this is his way of saying that he wants to only have good and fun memories.
          The two boys both have internal and external problems. Gene's problems are masked by his shyness and being lonely. Phineas' problems are mostly hidden behind his tough personality. The boys' problems are beginning to start a silent competition between themselves, but they don't seem to realize it. Every friendship has a silent competition going on even though you can't always tell what it is. This book has changed my opinion on what to do to make a friendship last. Love this book!