t. He tells Finny what happened and says that he doesn’t want to lie anymore. When Finny dies, Gene changes tremendously. He feels that when he goes to Finny’s funeral that it’s as if he were attending his own. Gene doesn’t even cry, he says that he can’t cry at his own funeral. He also thinks that he ready for war. He said this because he has no more hatred. It has all be absorbed. Finny took away all his hatred and jealousy when he died. This changes his life to never be the same.In the novel A Separate Peace, the character Gene’s maturity level has grown the most. He shows us this throughout the novel. For example, Gene starts out as a very dishonest person, covering everything up. Towards the end he becomes more honest and much more open about his actions. In the beginning, gene is immature because of his guilt for Finny, yet when he looses his best friend, and knows his life will never be the same, Gene becomes more mature and acts more grown up....
