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Separate peace follows two young men who attend a private high school in New England during world war 2. The main character Gene, is a junior in a time where seniors are being trained to be shipped off for war. His best friend Phineas is a star athlete, while Gene is an above average student. Although the threat of war is always looming around, the boys at the Devon especially Finny and Gene, seem to be caught our in their own world completely separate from the war, hence A Separate Peace. Gene…

Jealousy is selfishness and ignorance that can cause conflict and even the end of a friendship. The realistic fiction novel, A Separate Peace, is written by John Knowles. This novel revolves around the friendship of two young boys, Gene Forrester and Phineas who go to the Devon School in England during World War II. The boys enlisted in this school in hope of one day going into the army. Gene and Finny who were roommates had grown to be inseparable, but as they began to grow up, their…

The theme in the novel A Separate Peace written by John Knowles is that of identity versus codependency. The main characters, Finny and Gene, maintain a friendship that appears to be based on jealousy. Gene envies Finny’s free will spirit and in this, Gene fosters a savage, almost dark side. The novel explores and delves into the relationship of these two friends, where it is revealed to the reader that these boys do not wish to mature. They do not wish to grow up. It is in this adventure…

think those actions are justified or ethical?In these chapters of A Separate Peace the literary technique was analepsis, or the repetition of a single word or phrase. I found the repetition of the word war, it was mentioned sixteen times in the first five pages of chapter nine. In the first two paragraphs Knowles alternates between the use of peace and war. An example being, “What deceived me was my own happiness; the peace is invisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection…

The Character of Elwin Lepellier in John Knowles’s A Separate Peace In the novel A Separate Peace written by John Knowles, Elwin Lepellier, known as Leper, is one of the main characters who are greatly affected by the World War II. The novel is written from the perspective of a protagonist, Gene Forrester, who struggles with envy and hatred within himself as well as against his roommate, Phineas at Devon High School. Although there is a severe war outside of Devon, the students are isolated…

In John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, Gene is forced to befriend new people when Phineas cannot return to Devon for the beginning of the Winter Session, due to his leg injury. One of the friends he makes is a boy named Brinker Hadley, who seems to be the temporary replacement for Phineas. This is because he is well-liked, funny, and known around the school, much like Finny. Gene likes Hadley and explains, “...almost everyone liked Brinker...He never let a dull spot appear in conversation if…

In A Separate Peace, author John Knowles shows the inescapable consequences and effects the microcosmic war at Devon School has on the students. Gene Forrester becomes hostile and paranoid as he struggles to identify himself, Brinker Hadley also becomes hostile, but for reasons that are unidentified in the novel. Phineas is physically affected due to Gene’s jealousy, while Leper Lepellier is mentally affected from enlisting in World War II. Through these characters, Knowles describes man’s…

A Separate Gene In John Knowles A Separate Peace characters friendships with one another show each character's jealously, morality and confusion. In the end of the story you will realize the true meaning of this statement, and how it effected the story in a great way. (Finny becomes a metaphor for the peace that is gone when Gene is too scared to notice the victim is within himself. The peace and friendship that Gene lost, the peace that is Finny.) Jealousy, jealously is an emotion of thoughts…

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In the novel A Separate Peace, John Knowles writes about two best friends who went to a boarding school called Devon during the early years of the civil war. Knowles uses a variety of literary devices in order to convey that jealousy can lead to regretful decisions. Furthermore, Knowles reveals jealousy can lead to regretful decisions through characterization. For instance, Knowles writes, “Sure Finny wanted to share everything with me, especially his procession of D’s in every subject. That way…