The Cross, Golgotha, Pharisees, Salvation, Judas, Christ, all-important elements of the Bible, with lots of psychological weight. This is why John Knowles uses Biblical symbolism so heavily in his book, A Separate Peace. In the book, the tree from which the boys jump represents the "tree" on which Christ was crucified. Gene represents Judas and Finny represents Christ. Finny, the central character of the ... book, symbolizes Jesus in a number of ways. First, he had to die. It was predestined from the beginning. Just as Christ was without sin, and therefore the perfect ... cross sent Jesus a...

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• Grade Level: High School

When something is covered or hidden, it looses it's depth and projects an illusion of deceivement. In the winter seasons, snow envelops its surroundings, blanketing the earth with a milky white blanket. This blanket is beautiful yet it's also deceiving in how it shrouds objects from view. In John Knowles" A Separate Peace, the deceptive environment symbolizes the sly and mysterious nature that Gene displays. The mysterious nature of Gene towards his fellow peers and the deceiving nature of the Vermont landscape are symbolized by the indestructible trees, the snow covered hills and the lack of ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate