Theme Of Fear In A Separate Peace

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At one point in our lives, we will have to face a fear. The fear you will face could be anything from flying to having your tonsils removed. In A Separate Peace, Phineas and Gene both experience fear, though Gene experiences it far more as he is insecure. Gene is insecure about almost everything, including his background and his intelligence. However, Finny is not very insecure, so he cannot relate to this. Instead, both boys related through fear, which surprisingly helped develop their friendship. Gene may have believed that Finny wasn’t afraid of anything, but actually was afraid of betrayal and incompetence. While Finny had very few fears, Gene had a large number of fears including jumping out of the tree and being inferior to other

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