... 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 not involved in the war for the most part until the boys become old enough to enlist. This need to achieve ... 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. Finn...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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 human life ... . The purity and serene snow covered hills from the Vermont landscape represent the misleading nature Gene displays...

• Word Count: 644
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate