Gene Portrayed as "Everyman"

In John Knowles’ “A Separate Peace” Gene is portrayed as “everyman” because every man is competitive, has tendencies to fail, and is jealous of others.
When they were climbing the tree to do a double jump Gene showed signs of man’s evil nature when he thought of pushing Finny from the tree. He also showed signs of hate and jealousy towards Finny when he created his new game and when he used his great athletic ability. Another human characteristic he showed was his happiness from his success he had in his school work. And courage when he decided to jump off the tree branch with Finny.
Every man has certain human traits that we all have in common. Hate, jealousy, courage, happiness, failure, and regret. These are only some of the characteristics that humans show to each other. Gene was a perfect example of these feelings therefore he was a good example of every man and how every man would react in these situations.
Gene showed a great change in how...