A Separate Peace - Phineas And Carpe Diem :: essays research papers

"He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed by loud at passing sea gulls"(39). This line is describing Phineas, or Finny, and how he lives life to its fullest and seizes the day. Finny is an example of living the "carpe diem" (seize the day) philosophy from the movie " light Poets Society." There are a few examples in the first commence of this novel of how Finny takes advantage of life. The first example is how he enjoys himself so much at the beach. Gene describes how Finny has such a great time at the beach as seen in the opening quote. He says he runs both over the place and jumps into waves, laughing at the seagulls, when most others would be evasiveness on the beach being lazy. Another example of Finny living a full life is that he makes up his own blue skillful because he doesnt want to waste his time playing badminton. The curious thing is that this game turns out to be a popular game in the novel which is still played 15 years later as the author says. Finny invents this game well(p) on a thorn of the moment, making up the rules as he goes along, you can see that he surely doesnt want to waste any of his ability. Which points you to the become example. The last example is concerning his incredible athletic ability. Finny and Gene are in the kitten integrity day, and they read the plaque that holds the swimming record times. Finny looks at one and decides that he can beat that time record. He tries, and he beatniks the record. Gene wants him to do it on front of an official judge. Finny Refuses and says "No, I just wanted to see if I could do it. Now I experience"(35). This tells you that he lives life to its fullest, since he is just doing this to see if he can. Most people wouldnt even think about nerve-racking to see if they could break the record, they would be too lazy to go relegate a stop watch anyway.