In life people are often faced with circumstances. These circumstances can either help the person grow, or it may give the person sorrow and pain. John Knowles in A Separate Peace places his characters in situations, which they could either grow from or could suffer. As humans we wish that everyone will change for the good, unfortunately that doesn't always happen. We can see this through the two protagonists in A Separate peace; Gene and Finny.
Gene Forrester, a protagonist in A Separate Peace, starts off initially as a shallow, immature young man. Gene is shallow and immature becaus…
