People experience life changing moments which forces them to change their identity . Gene, Finny, and Leper, the characters of the novel, A Separate Peace fail to realize the life changing events that they all go through. Gene fails to realize his mistakes and tries hard to make those changes throughout the novel. Finny is unable to understand the evil that haunts him and can not overcome it. Leper fails to understand that there are people in society that are out to hurt you if you have different intentions than him In the novel, a separate peace written by John Knowles, characters experience loss of innocence in order to face their real identity.
Gene is a character who goes to Devon boarding school in New England who experiences loss of innocence on his journey. Gene says, “I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I could escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case” (Knowles 194). Finny was Gene's best friend, he respected Finny in a way no one else did and if Gene died he would want Finny to not cry. The quote represents how Gene evolves in life and becomes mature like a real man. Gene says, “I never killed anybody and i never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy… i was on active duty all my time at school. (Knowles 204). …show more content…
While Gene evolves involves in the novel by realising his mistakes, Finny perishing leads up to his death, and Leper sees the horror in the war which causes him to perish. Another piece corresponds to A Separate Peace Is the book called The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby losses his innocence which relates to Finny also losing his innocence. At the end of The Great Gatsby, the main character Jay Gatsby gets killed which causes him to perish. At the end of A Separate Peace, Finny dies from his loss of innocence and never comes back from
Gene is a character who goes to Devon boarding school in New England who experiences loss of innocence on his journey. Gene says, “I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I could escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case” (Knowles 194). Finny was Gene's best friend, he respected Finny in a way no one else did and if Gene died he would want Finny to not cry. The quote represents how Gene evolves in life and becomes mature like a real man. Gene says, “I never killed anybody and i never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy… i was on active duty all my time at school. (Knowles 204). …show more content…
While Gene evolves involves in the novel by realising his mistakes, Finny perishing leads up to his death, and Leper sees the horror in the war which causes him to perish. Another piece corresponds to A Separate Peace Is the book called The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby losses his innocence which relates to Finny also losing his innocence. At the end of The Great Gatsby, the main character Jay Gatsby gets killed which causes him to perish. At the end of A Separate Peace, Finny dies from his loss of innocence and never comes back from