Are gene and finny gay in a separate peace

The page compares and contrasts the homoerotic relationships of Gene and Finny in A Separate Peace and Ennis and Jack in Brokeback Mountain. It argues that both pairs are doomed by their internalized and externalized homophobia, and by society's intolerance and violence. Warning: MAJOR spoilers below. This was my second time reading it, and I discovered that there is more than meets the eye with this book. Knowing the end, any examples of foreshadowing became painfully obvious, and I felt myself able to analyze the characters better than I had been before.

"A Separate Peace" offers much more than a possible homoerotic subplot. It's a story rich with themes of betrayal, competition, and the shadow of impending war, and a complex dynamic between Phineas and Gene reminiscent of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Last weekend, I finished a book on the couch, closing it with a satisfied thump. Book: Play it as it Lays. Author: Joan Didion.

Here Gene and Finny share a rare moment of desperation for one another that left my dumb, gay heart throbbing. Imagining this as a modern gay romance, I saw the beach scene earlier in the book as Finny’s subtle confession of love, which Gene takes the entire book to process. See Featured Authors Answering Questions. Questions About A Separate Peace by John Knowles. To ask other readers questions about A Separate Peace , please sign up.

To answer questions about A Separate Peace, please sign up. Katherine Yes, it does seem like they are. Especially in the first half of the book it seems like Gene has an infatuation with Finny. Author Avatar : John Knowles stated that although there are parts of him in every character, the one based the most on himself is Gene. God Never Said That : Two similar but very popular rumors involving the confirmation of Gene and Finny's relationship as homosexual in nature count as this. The first and more articulate one, which was that John Knowles said Gene and Finny were romantically but not physically in love, was in fact Word of Saint Paul.