Compare And Contrast A Separate Peace

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Many books have been made into movies, and people tend to notice that the movies do not highlight certain details that the books do. In A Separate Peace, there were many differences between the book in the movie, like Gene’s visit to Devon, the character relationships, and the different perspective of the movie. Gene’s visit to Devon 15 years later is the first scene of the book. The movie started at the start of his summer session. Missing this scene of the book made it lose the feeling that Gene forgave himself for Finny’s death. This scene also helped you see the difference of Devon after the war. You got to see that the school was nicer than it was during that time. Second, there were some differences in the character relationships.

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