COnflict in John Knowles' A Seperate Peace

In A Seperate Peace there was an external conflict between Gene and Phineas who were the two main characters in the story. Even though the conflict was between the two main characters in the story the confliuct grew to such a proportion that it soon affected other students in their class. The conflict between Gene and Phineas was the green-eyed monster know as jealously, but it was far stronger in Gene that it was in Phineas.

The jealousy affected Gene and Phineas in different ways, so the boys expressed it in different ways. The reason Phineas was jealous of Gene was because Gene was smart, but even though he had gainedd his knowledge from countless hours of studying Phineas thought this was a naturally acquired gift. So in order to bring Gene down to his level Phineas got involve...