?My war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there.? This quote by Gene Forrester, a character in John Knowle?s novel A Separate Peace, depicts Gene?s personal turmoil during his high school years. Throughout the entire novel Gene had an emotional quest for his own separate peace. He endured test after test of his inner strength while attending …showed first 75 words of 568 total…

…showed last 75 words of 568 total…of him. Based upon the story and factual events, it is clear that Gene was more of a weaker person than strong. Between his low self pity, and constant enviness against Phineas, he was automatically bound to be a low self esteemed person. Which is seeing him as a weaker person. Upon acknowledging his own guilt, Gene could ride himself of the black empty hole inside of him, and truly find his own separate peace.