Perpetual peace

A Separate Peace by John Knowles, is a non-fiction novel about kids in New England during world war II. The book focusses on showcasing these kids’ childhood and the experiences they encounter together. The setting of the novel helps reveal the character of Finny, by showing him beat the school’s swimming record, by showing him and Gene jump off the tree limb, and even the war has an effect on Finny’s character. When Knowles tells the reader about how Finny beat the school’s swimming record…

Money isn’t the world in “Civil Peace” When a person has an enormous amount of money, do they have true friends or are they fake friends? Many people decide to want to be friends with a prosperous person in order to obtain money from them; however, others use wealthy people so they will be given gifts. It is typical of others to be envious and want things that others can't have. Wealthy people are often betray by other people which is sad and is disappointing to see others being used…

The relationship between Phineas and Gene seemed as if it was more of a romantic one rather than the friendly relationship they claim to have in the book. Gene is extremely aware of everything that Phineas does but he is also extremely aware of Phineas’ physical features. It appears as if Gene is actually mesmerized by his physical beauty. Phineas, or Finny, was described to have the “back muscles working like a panther’s” (Knowles 16) and a “cordial, penetrating voice” (Knowles 17) by Gene.…

Where it is of utmost importance that a dispute be resolved for the benefit of those affected by it, the greater part of a society will resort to fighting; in this way, one of two general bodies may stand victorious. Such has always been the preferred method for solving a problem, and there can be a variety of reasons for an individual to feel inclined to fight. In S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, characters explore the reasons for which they fight, and their lives are altered by the fears…

In the eyes of all boys at Devon, including Gene’s, the war initially appears unrealistic; it was impossible to be an actuality. But it is when the war builds, making itself more apparent and ubiquitous, when Gene experiences a metamorphic transition allowing him to comprehend the full weight of adulthood. However, when the war is young, so is Gene and it was during the summer session when the boys decided to make up a game based on one of the German’s strategic maneuvers: “Let’s make it have…

"Flowers for Algernon" and Charly is very similar. In both of the stories, Charlie Gordon, yearns to be on the equivalent intellectual scale as his friends and co-workers. He tolerates continuous mocking from others, while maintaining his happiness and peace. He struggles taking tests to determine if he is capable of going through with the operation to increase his intelligence. He battles later on with himself, knowing the operation he endured is not a lasting resolution. In the end, he…

Characters in "Everyday Use" and "Civil Peace" by Alice Walker (Walker) and Chinua Achebe (Achebe), respectively are examined. Alice Walker’s theme revolves around African-Americans personal identities. Chinua Achebe’s work revolves around Nigeria’s civil war and the “civil peace” afterward, a bitter fact in many parts of the world even today (Fortin). Major and minor characters in both stories are compared and analyzed by character type, characterization, and their relationship in relation to…

From the start Gene and Finny’s friendship has isolated them from a true companionship of each other. These are two characters from the brilliant mind of John Knowles; the author of A Separate Peace. Throughout this story he uses Finny and Gene as a conduit for his thoughts and feeling on friendship. He exposes the dark thoughts of jealousy and envy in everyone's inner self through Gene and Finny’s friendship.Gene, a quiet kid who starts school at a boys’ boarding school during the Second World…

A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, is a creative fiction that has viewers thinking outside the box and suspenseful feelings about what going to happen next. A Separate Peace is about Gene, the main character, coming of age and identifying who he is with the help of his friend, Phineas (Finny). Before he matures and identity who he is, he goes through this stage of depending on Finny to help him find himself. Not only does Gene depend on Finny, but Finny start depending on Gene after he…

Joining the Peace Corps is something that I have contemplated on doing since my freshmen of Year College. As a child growing up in a developing country Cameroon, I have experience to some degree what it means to be unnoticed and uncared for. so when came to the united states in 2004 with my siblings, one of my high school teachers asked the class to write on a piece of paper what each of us would like to be when we grow up. As I remember vividly, I wrote “I want to become a political diplomat or…