It was once said that jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies, but what about being jealousy of a friend? Does jealousy turn friendship into a relationship of hatred and enmity? Or does jealousy, in fact, make a friendship stronger? Jealousy is defined as showing extreme want of another's advantages or a fear of being displaced by a rival. Jealousy is a lot stronger than a simple yearning for something that someone else has. It is one of the ugliest forms of hatred, and in no way can one be jealousy of a friend without destroying the friendship.

In, A Separate Peace, Gene describes a deep jealousy of Phineas, yet he also acknowledges to his audience that Finny is a friend of his. This indecisive feeling that Gene has for Finny is not a normal part of...