Gene Forrester In 'A Separate Peace'

Gene Forrester is the narrator in the novel "A Separate Peace." He began by looking back to his high school years, contemplating all the memories, the good and bad, he shared with his classmates and friends, especially his best friend, Finny. Gene shows many different sides in his personality through the dramatic situations he goes through. He shows through as a loyal, intelligent young man, struggling through adolescence, and then turns to a jealous, unconventional teenager, not knowing what his true feelings are, but for the current moment. His complex inferiorities make his relationship with Finny much more difficult, resulting in a quick yet painful lesson in growing up.

"I found it. I found a single sustaining thought. The thought