Gene-The Character Analysis Gene, one of the main characters in the book, has a complex personality with lots of conflicts and a struggle to find himself or, in other words, his own identity. Throughout the book, we come across acts and thoughts of Gene envying Phineas. Although he mentions that he’s glad having a boy like Phineas as a roommate and best friend in several places among the book, it’s clear that he …showed first 75 words of 564 total…

…showed last 75 words of 564 total…a character and as his personality. Gene matured throughout the book from a follower and weak character to a stable character who has found his identity and killed his enemy which is actually the fears he fed inside him for a long time. His big conflict in himself ended at the end of the book with the fears and false identity gone as he started living in a world he shaped and wished living in.