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Theme Of Rivalry In A Separate Peace

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Muhammad Ali once said,"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two." In few places is this more evident than in the novel, A Separate Peace. One of the many themes in the book is rivalry and jealousy: Jealousy creates rivalry, which drives people apart; leading to emptiness and sorrow. In the story Finny, and his athletic ability, are the sword; and Gene, with his intellectual ability, the pen. This rivalry creates something, "ignorant and blind" inside Gene that jounced that limb.

In the novel, A Separate Peace, rivalry is evident throughout the book. Rivalry is the ugly fruit of jealousy; Gene was envious of Finny. "I couldn't help envying him that

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