Competition

Jealousy is such an emotion that every human faces once in their life. It often arises when someone wishes to have something someone else does or want to be like someone else because of which many peoples’ personality changes. Jealousy is a corrosive emotion that deteriorates not only one’s character, health, and relationship but it also causes extreme irrationality which can lead to death. This shows that envy/jealousy is more volatile than most people presume and therefore should be prevented whenever possible. Jealousy can make one feel apprehensive about their relationship, questioning their thoughts and decisions.

Everyone at some point in their life feels rivalry or competition towards others. This greatly affects our ability to comprehend people, and eventually results in hostile behavior and paranoia. This plays a large role throughout the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles; for the main conflict in the novel lies strictly between the main character, Gene, and his intense feelings towards his best friend Phineas; which would later tear their friendship apart. These traits give people a blind eye; they no longer want to understand others. Although competition and rivalry are apart of human nature, it can be a very destructive force.

William Penn once said, "The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves". At some point in everyone's life, one will experience jealousy. Jealousy effects enemies, families, and even best friends, and it often results in permanent damage to even the strongest relationships. Gene Forrester learns this the hard way. His envy of Phineas causes him to hurt both Finny and himself.

A little can enhance the taste and too much can spoil the fun. Jealousy in a relationship is the reward of love in the early days of the relationship , but later on dealing with jealousy starts to become a big problem for both partners. People get irritated even , in some cases, and they even come to the decision to terminate the relationship . Be positive Jealousy often comes as a package deal with some of the painful experiences of the past that person , making him / her is hard to trust anyone . If you have gone through a horrible experience in the past concerning fraud or dishonest ex-partner , then jealousy is very clear for you .

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In the long run, all types of greed can lead to a corrupt society because people may end up fighting one another just to get what they want, or make sacrifices that can be harmful to not only themselves, but for others as well. If greediness in people was a puzzle, it will forever remain incomplete until the missing piece of contentment is found through whatever it is they have been longing to have.

The absence or presence of invidiousness has the potency to strengthen or dismember friendships. In John Knowles’ A Separate Peace, Gene Forrester and his daring roommate, Finny, discover the dangerous impact of enviousness on their friendship. Gene’s jealousy of Finny’s athletic capabilities, Finny’s unenviable thoughts and actions, and Brinker’s suspicions that Gene’s envy catalyzed Finny’s accident were all contributing factors to the ups and downs in Gene’s and Finny’s relationship. Detesting a friend for his/her successes can rupture even the strongest relationships. Gene’s invidiousness of Finny’s numerous sports achievements transforms into a resentful hatred.

Firstly, bullying can make people to become self-conscious, because it can easily to lose their controlled. Victim is hesitated to do something and they might feel nervous. For example, students in campus were bullying by their classmates such as black-mail and threaten. So, they feel very frightened of their classmates, and they always think their classmates can bully them all the time. Next, victims completely disappear on trying a new thing.

Many studies have shown that students that have been rejected by their classmate will cause them to get furious, resulting in violence. Social rejection can be extremely painful, make you feel like you have been abandoned, and can make some people go crazy. In the novel the creature explains, “ I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend” (Shelly, 103). The creature is claiming that being abandoned by Victor and being rejected by the rest of society made him turn evil. The creature, similar to a child, was only seeking love and guidance and was truly innocent.

Rumors can easily hide the truth about that person’s personality because they are basically lies, opinions, and made up stories about that individual. Some people might start passing around judgments based on that rumor and that can a lot of trouble and conflict between the people. That person might not even be able to show their face to other people because they are so ashamed of themselves. This can also caused them to take a wrong step and end their live there. Rumors have destroyed many homes.