From Lost Innocence to Gained Experience War does not only include army warfare, but also personal experiential wars. Feelings of fear, hostility and indignation dominate peacefulness; as we all identify rivals in the world around us and “pit ourselves” against them so as to have an object for hate. Personal or political wars may result ignorance in the human heart and result in inability to understand self and others. Furthermore, realities of life permeate and threaten peace in the world of youth as seen in the Devon School in A Separate Peace. War can hold strange parallels to sport as also in the Winter Carnival, and the atmosphere created can prevail in a time of war, along with the emotions, conflicts, and jealousy that can result
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Knowles depicts the sky color representing the ominous actuality of war which conceals everything that winter 1943. “The Saturday was a battleship gray.” This was seen as “high illegal competitiveness and order” wandered the school the whole day within the deep late winter. Knowles depicts the atmosphere to reveal the oppressive presence of the war that will not go away. Furthermore, Knowles reveals the uneasy atmosphere of the Winter Carnival as the boys change the fun of the carnival. “The carnival was breaking apart…hung like a bomb between us.” As this occurs, the boys’ faces were expressionless of anger and fear as a riot broke out in a peaceful evergreen. Knowles depicts this atmosphere to reveal the unsure feeling of innocence and more retaliation on rules. Furthermore, Knowles depicts the river as an act of catharsis to a violent day and resembles less protest. “…perhaps the Naguamsett carried out on the receding tide.” Relief was seen in the day, so as to the drift and catharsis of the river allowing the boys to settle down from conflict. Knowles shows this to reveal a somewhat getaway from the previous fighting conflict as war appears slowly worse later. Additionally, Knowles reveals the atmosphere of the Winter Carnival along with the fun and conflict seen with the realities of war coming into picture. “…telegram handed from Phineas… facing whatever destruction … what I had learned to do that winter.” The boys are present in an uneasy atmosphere and risk is revealed in the minds of the boys as the telegram is read. Knowles does this to depict the short-lived victory of the Winter Carnival with the actualities of war facing the boys at Devon 1943. Therefore, the prevailing of the setting at the Winter Carnival resembled the war’s marking and moreover faced the boys with the nature of
Knowles depicts the sky color representing the ominous actuality of war which conceals everything that winter 1943. “The Saturday was a battleship gray.” This was seen as “high illegal competitiveness and order” wandered the school the whole day within the deep late winter. Knowles depicts the atmosphere to reveal the oppressive presence of the war that will not go away. Furthermore, Knowles reveals the uneasy atmosphere of the Winter Carnival as the boys change the fun of the carnival. “The carnival was breaking apart…hung like a bomb between us.” As this occurs, the boys’ faces were expressionless of anger and fear as a riot broke out in a peaceful evergreen. Knowles depicts this atmosphere to reveal the unsure feeling of innocence and more retaliation on rules. Furthermore, Knowles depicts the river as an act of catharsis to a violent day and resembles less protest. “…perhaps the Naguamsett carried out on the receding tide.” Relief was seen in the day, so as to the drift and catharsis of the river allowing the boys to settle down from conflict. Knowles shows this to reveal a somewhat getaway from the previous fighting conflict as war appears slowly worse later. Additionally, Knowles reveals the atmosphere of the Winter Carnival along with the fun and conflict seen with the realities of war coming into picture. “…telegram handed from Phineas… facing whatever destruction … what I had learned to do that winter.” The boys are present in an uneasy atmosphere and risk is revealed in the minds of the boys as the telegram is read. Knowles does this to depict the short-lived victory of the Winter Carnival with the actualities of war facing the boys at Devon 1943. Therefore, the prevailing of the setting at the Winter Carnival resembled the war’s marking and moreover faced the boys with the nature of