answers: Phineas
context: John Knowles John Knowles (; September 16, 1926 – November 29, 2001) was an American novelist best known for "A Separate Peace" (1959). Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, the son of James M. Knowles, a purchasing agent from Lowell, Massachusetts, and Mary Beatrice Shea Knowles from Concord, New Hampshire. His father was vice president of a coal company, earning an income which afforded them a comfortable living. Knowles attended St. Peter's High School in Fairmont, West Virginia from 1938 until 1940, before continuing at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, graduating in 1945. Following his time at </s> room on campus. During this hearing, Leper reveals the truth about what happened, as he had been looking up from under the tree when Gene apparently shook the branch. Finny begins to cry and in his effort to escape the tribunal, he falls down the stairs and breaks the same leg. This second disaster has a curious healing effect on both boys, and when Gene visits Finny in the infirmary, the two are reconciled. Finny accepts the fact that Gene never meant to hurt him, and Gene reveals his belief that Finny would have been emotionally unfit for war, anyway. </s> A Separate Peace A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles. Based on his earlier short story, "Phineas," it was Knowles' first published novel and became his best-known work. Set against the backdrop of World War II, "A Separate Peace "explores morality, patriotism and loss of innocence through its narrator, Gene. Gene Forrester, the protagonist, returns to his old prep school, Devon (a thinly veiled portrayal of Knowles' alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy) fifteen years after he graduated, to visit two places he regards as "fearful sites": a flight of marble stairs and a tree by the river
question: who jumped from the tree in a separate peace