In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene Forrester looks back on the time he spent at the Devon School and how his life was changed due to the great influence Phineas, his best friend, had on him. As a teenager, you start to get flooded by relatively new emotions. Envy, jealousy, resentment, hatred, and anger all fully develop at once. Some subdue the emotions better than others. Gene, however, was the embodiment of these emotions although trying to be discreet about the feelings until he could not take them anymore. Gene was competitive, envious, and resentful towards his best friend which led him to hurt their relationship and each other. Most sports are considered competitive games. However, one usually does have to practice at the sport