Antagonists in A Separate Peace We all confront antagonists in everyday life. In John Knowles, A Separate Peace, Gene, the protagonist confronts several different antagonists as he tries to mature throughout the book. The antagonists: Finny, the war, and Gene's own inner issues affect how fast he is able to start the process of maturing. Finny is one of the many antagonists who slow Gene's maturing process down by making all of Gene's decisions for …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…his maturing process. Gene confronts several different antagonists, which affect him as he tries to mature. Three of the major antagonists Finny, the war, and Gene's own inner issues affect how fast he is able to go through this process. Part of life and growing up is finding out whom you are and what your morals are. You develop these things as you mature and antagonists slow down this process, as they did for Gene.