Peace of Westphalia

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…

In John Knowles novel, A Separate Peace, he depicts what life is like for a group of boys living at a private boarding school, Devon. These boys form bonds and strong friendships with each other; however, they are faced with the challenges of growing up during World War Two. Like regular high school kids these boys play games, attend school and mess around with each other. As the boys navigate into adulthood, they struggle to find their own identities as the deal with who they are and who…

“Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide” (Emerson 370-372). In the novel A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, is set during World War II at a boy’s school in New Hampshire. Gene, the main character and a student at the school, is a jealous-conformist that thrives academically. A Separate Peace demonstrates how Gene’s envy and imitation affects Gene and their friendship, but also shows Gene’s achievement of peace. Gene’s imitation of Finny affects him internally and externally. For…

John Knowles exquisitely crafted a book called A Separate Peace takes place during World War 2 at Devon high school in New Hampshire. Devon high school is presented as an almost Utopia filled with trees, animals, and the peaceful lazy rivers. Also where two boys, Gene and Finny with their own personal problems. Gene is typical the teen that goes through self-consciousness, uncertainty, jealousy, and an identity crisis. Finny is described as a super-human, he is charismatic, pure of heart, and…

search for personal identity and for human dignity.” Says President Howard W. Hunter. In fact, searching for identity is one of the major life tasks among teenagers as well as adults. Sixteen years old protagonist, Gene, narrates a novel “A separate peace”. He is dynamic character and we see his self-development throughout the book. In this novel, Gene moves from innocent childhood into impure world and this process leads him to his self-identification. The inner struggle of protagonist between…