A separate peace
... of his class (Knowles, 44). Finny on the other hand is not a good student at all, but an excellent athlete. Since both do not have the same interests they get to experience different types of things during the time of their friendship. The friendship that the two boys share helps them get over their own insecurities. Gene is insecure because he is envious of Finny. Like in chapter two when Finny talked his way out of trouble, that made Gene mad because he wanted him to get punished (20). Finny doesn’t actually seem to have any insecurities, but since the book is written in Gene’s point of view maybe that is why his insecurities are not told. A lot of Gene’s insecurities have to do with the fact that he sees Finny as leader that he must follow. When Finny starts the Super Suicide Society, he has himself and Gene jump off the tree at the beginning of each nightly meeting. Though Gene is very scared to jump each and every time, he still does it for fear that Finny might not like him if he does not (25). With the differences between both boys, Gene experiences new things because he follows what Finny tells him to do. In chapter one an example of Gene doing what Finny tells him to is when Finny jumps off the tree and then tells Gene to do the same. Instead of saying no, since he is scared he jumps off (9). Finny opens up a wo...