... who work with us, those in our family, those who have set records in the past, or even our friends. It is just this need that fuels John Knowles's A Separate Peace, a novel written about a Devon Academy during World War II. Devon, a boarding school, becomes a microcosm lock away from the rest of the world and ... a belt. Gene's jealousy is also shown when he sees that Finny can even get away with wearing a pink shirt and not be made fun of by the other boys, when Gene knows in his heart that they would never let anyone else live it down, so to speak. Finny is a remarkable athlete ... he...

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