A Separate Peace (Gene)
In the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene Forrester is a character wrought with inner-conflict. The first trait that contributes to Gene’s inner-turmoil is that he is dreadfully lacking in self-confidence and he is uncomfortable with the person he has been all his life, especially during his years at Devon. As an adult returning there, he fears that nothing will have changed since his time there; and, perhaps most importantly, he fears that he hasn’t changed either. He finds that the varnished new surface of Devon seems to make it look “like a museum…and that’s exactly…what I did not want it to be.” Devon reminds Gene of the person he was while he was there, and his displeasure with the preservation of the buildings reveals how much he wants to forget that person. Gene would rather have these buildings decay and fall to the ground than stand as a monument to the
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Approximate Word count = 594
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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