A Separate Peace Literary Analysis

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Humans. An interesting creature. Humans have been living on this planet for a while now, and they still don’t know everything there is to know. They have developed miraculously, starting out with little to nothing, then coming up to be a dominant species. A human is part of a species that is unique, that can be rapacious and cruel, but also pleasant and caring as presented in A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
Humans have a trait of being demanding and controlling. Usually it’s intended to get what is wanted. The antagonist of the story, Finny, was calling out to Gene, the main character, “When they torpedo and troopship,.. You can’t stand around admiring the view. Jump!... Jump!”(17) Yelling and screaming is a way to show dominance.

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