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Ralph Waldo Emerson states in his essay “Self-Reliance” that “envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.” Apply this quote to Gene in A Separate Peace. How does Gene’s envy and imitation of Finny affect him and his relationship with Finny? In what way is he ignorant, and in what way is he killing himself? Provide evidence from the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles as well as the essay “Self-Reliance.”