Gene Forrester's difficult journey towards maturity and the adult world is a main focus of the novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Gene's maturation starts with the destruction of Phineas and the process continues until he revisits the tree that the boys jumped off of. Throughout this time, Gene must face reality, the future, become self-aware, and confront his problems, as well as forgive and accept the person that he, himself, is. When he …showed first 75 words of 740 total…

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