Guilt is an awful feeling. It starts with an action or a lie and then you start to feel it build up inside you. Then all it wants to do is explode. For example, in A Separate Peace when Gene and Finny were up in the tree together about to jump, Gene takes a step closer to Finny, and then jounces the tree causing Finny to tumble to the ground. After the accident, Gene learns that Finny’s legs are shattered. For a few days before he sees Finny in the infirmary, Gene lives in a worrisome state filled with awful guilt. Through out the passage the guilt builds and builds until it explodes and he tells Finny he did it. Many people find them selves in that state when they are filled with guilt. People get them selves in deep trouble with guilt then ruin many things trying to get rid of it.
Despite what some people may say, everyone has or had guilt in their lives. For some people it may be a big thing, for others the smallest thing fills them with guilt. Guilt is part of being human, because everyone has lied or made a bad choice and behind all of those is guilt. Though, guilt can differ from person to person. Some people like to get rid of the guilt immediately. Some hold that feeling inside them till the day they die. People can live guilt free for moments, but everyone in their lives will have moments when guilt will weigh them down. Are there other moments in the book that people have the feeling of guilt? How does guilt make people act? Why? Does guilt ever disappear when not spoken aloud?
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