Okay so my English teacher gave us this prompt to write about regarding A Separate Peace, the class did the essay and she failed everybody, so now she is making us re-write our essays. The prompt is, "Close friendships can have a very destructive impact on the individual involved." I wrote about that on my first essay, but she said I didn't answer the prompt the way she wanted me to. So I'm hoping that anybody out there could help me answer this prompt so I can get a better grade. Thanks!!
2006-10-19 09:23:25 · 5 answers · asked by ...................? 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I think what's she's asking is how the friendship impacted the main character, Gene, is it? And all the trials and mishaps between them. For instance, how one of them ended up in a wheel chair. I guess really what your teacher may want to know is any bad influences that friends can have on each other
2006-10-19 09:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Yup! I'm a girl! 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate it when English teachers tell their students that "you didn't answer the way I wanted you to!" As long as you can back up your claims with facts from the text, then you are doing what she asked! Makes me mad for you!
Anyways, this prompt. Think about a close friendship. You do everything together, you like a lot of the same things. Or you might feel as though you are overshadowed by this other person. That is how Gene (is that his name?) feels in the book. Finny is so awesome, funny, athletic, gets out of trouble easily, that Gene is jealous of him. Everyone likes Finny, so that is a bitter pill to swallow, especially in high school, where everyone is trying to fit in.
So, then Gene wants to teach Finny "a lesson" and causes him to be paralyzed (right? or badly injured, its been so long...) So Gene is guilty, but everyone still thinks he is a great friend to Finny...
Think about the emotions involved with the friendship and that should hopefully help with your essay, good luck!
2006-10-19 11:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like how Phineas is always bringing Gene along with his crazy experiments and how Gene always go. Gene is the smart one while Phineas was the althetic one. So Gene thought that Finny was trying to sabotage him by getting him to go do stuff with him for fun. Gene thought Finny was jealous of him for getting high grades. So Gene jounced the branch that caused Finny to fall because Gene was so delusional that his own best friend would try to sabotage him.
2006-10-19 09:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oooo, I havent learn this in years. however right here is going not anything The clash is among Gene and Phineas. Gene may be very jealous of Phinny in just about in all places conceivable. The clash is quite among Gene and Phinny however on account that Phinny is blind to the poor emotions Gene has, the clash have got to be among Gene and himself. The boys are shopping for identification and Gene quite turns out to only desire the identification of Phinny. Gene has so much interior clash that leads finally to the dying of Phinny. The climax is Phinny's fall, while Gene makes him fall. It indicates the finishing of the blameless summer season and the opening of the horrid wintry weather (additionally bringing on the earth conflict) The choice is the dying of Phinny. The innocence is then long past. Phinny dies from middle headaches... a damaged middle. He needed to die. His middle used to be too precise and natural. While Gene represented what used to be in the course of the sector... jealousy, envy, and hate. The plot is simply too lengthy to sum up. In a nutshell (now not a well one): The boys are peers. Gene envies Phinny Gene purposely makes Phinny Fall. Boys placed Gene on trial. Gene nonetheless resentful and jealous. Phinny falls down stairs. Phinny dies Gene and the opposite boys pass to conflict. The complete publication is a mirrored image from Gene. He is aware of the evil, but he feels as though he and the sector itself are evil. And Phinny used to be too natural and too blameless to be there. The publication additionally has foreshadowing within the opening with ideas of conflict and different suggestions of evil. Gene himself is traveling the boarding college and reflecting upon while his innocence used to be loss. Thus finally correlating the lack of innocence with the suggestions of manhood.
2016-08-31 23:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's a tyrannical teacher who wants you to be a parrot and repeat exactly what she wants to hear, her opinion.
I had an english teacher like that senior yr in high school. I decided to keep my pride and take the lower grades than be a docile sheep.
2006-10-19 09:58:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋