A Separate Peace - Gene's Jour

A detailed Summary of A Separate Peace - Gene's Jour

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 journey begins the moment he pushes Phineas from the tree and

the process continues until he visits the tree fifteen years later.

Throughout this time, Gene must become self-aware, face reality and

the future, confront his problems, as well as forgive and accept the

person that he is. With the jouncing of the limb, Gene realizes his

problems and the true person he is inside. Fifteen years later, when

revisiting the tree, he finally accepts and forgives himself. This

journey is a long and painful one. At the end of

Approximate Word count = 476
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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