... 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 human life. The purity and serene snow covered hills from the Vermont ... in trying to keep the details of the accident muffled from the other...

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