In the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. One of the most important themes is about friendship growing through conflict. This theme also includes friends resolving differences, giving forgiveness, and accepting the strengths and weaknesses of each other. The two main characters go through all of these phases in their relationship. A good friendship cannot exist without conflicts. All friendships have some problems, even the best friendships. Conflict is what makes friendships stronger and …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…Gene and Finny are both happy with their improvements. This is an example of why it is important for a person to accept a friends strengths and weaknesses. All relationships have disagreements, especially friendships. It takes even better and greater friends to accept one another without any conditions. Even with conflicts, we find out, not only in the novel but also in real life, that friendships grow with conflict and are almost non-existent without it.