A Separate Peace 1. My reaction to Finny’s death was very appalling and astonishing. I would have never expected Finny to die mainly because I saw him as a main character and I thought that by making Finny die they ended the story at that specific point. I now think that this was a very appropriate ending to the story and that it gave Gene a new meaning of life and how fragile it really …showed first 75 words of 496 total…

…showed last 75 words of 496 total…his war was over. His enemy in some way went with Finny. To me when he says a “Separate Peace” he really means that he has to find a separate peace for himself in some way. I believe that he did achieve his separate peace in the story. He may have achieved his peace better if Finny hadnt of died. I think that all the blame from Finnys death had some effects on Genes peace.