“Character Self-Discovery” The Idea of self-discovery in the novel “A Separate Peace”, is something very apparent in many of the characters. All of the characters, Gene, Finny, Leper, find their true selves by the end of the story. Gene’s battle to find himself is the main topic of the story. In the beginning he’s a very impressionable, “Go with the flow” type of person. He is the first to agree, and do what …showed first 75 words of 652 total…

…showed last 75 words of 652 total…novel the thought of finding a separate peace is voiced. The separate peace could be more than just finding ones self, it could be something as simple as finding something or someone they enjoy being. Nobody ever says that finding a separate peace means the characters have found themselves, and found how to be true to themselves. However, it means the boys have found something, somebody, someone…that sets them out of their façade.