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Monster Essays - A Separate Peace: Gene Forrester
A Separate Peace: Gene Forrester
     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, whe....
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