John Knowles's A Separate Peace was a wonderful story about friendship and life. This novel was a great book to read during the summer before starting at a new school. I thought it was creative the way Knowles uses a ... to him. I could see that he had memories of sadness and of happiness there. This was a great way to grab the reader attention quickly. I didn't really have a "favorite part" of A Separate Peace, nor did I have a favorite character. I did think one character was more like me than any other. I believe that I am like Gene. School work is very important to me and I always ... , ...

• Word Count: 358
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Friendship is a responsibility and a privilege, not a right. Many people have trouble with this lesson. In the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the theme of friendship becomes the main focus through characters, emotions and hardships. It is a novel about two boys, Gene and Phineas, with nothing, and everything, in ... him. However, Finny was soon forced to acknowledge what really happened. Much anger was expressed by Finny until Gene was finally able to talk with him. Gene and Finny reconciled. A Separate Peace is a story about friendship. A pair of best friends doing the best they c...

• Word Count: 323
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... characters and the reader. John Knowles develops a relationship of disgust between the narrator, Gene and the reader as well as creating a strong relationship between Phineas and the reader. While reading "A Separate Peace", I developed my own opinion of Gene and Phineas through their choices, character traits, flaws, and sympathy and by hearing Gene as he tells the story in first person. The author ... ...

• Word Count: 622
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Transformation of a Friendship. In John Knowle's A Seperate Peace , the main characters, Gene and Finny have a unique friendship that transforms throughout chapter four. According to Webter's dictionary the word "friendly- means not hostile; amicable. One could assume that a friend ... as the acts that precede the fall you would conclude that he is at fault for Finny's fall. Regardless of the nature of this act, it is obvious that in A Separate Peace, Gene's thoughts and behavior in this chapter create a problem of sympathy that persists throughout the novel. His need to be better than F...

• Word Count: 875
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... John Knowles boys attend Devon school and experience many different feelings and emotions through their friendships. The theme of A Separate Peace is love/hate relations which are influenced by different personalities and change. Two friends Gene and Finny demonstrate their Love/hate relations throughout the novel by their thoughts and actions. ... ...

• Word Count: 547
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... The persistent theme of A Separate Peace is the deterioration of a complex friendship. The bond between two boys (Finny and Gene) becomes tested and attacked, as the reader observes a seemingly idealistic relationship fall into failure and declination. ... heroic men" demonstrated his generation are merely puppets in a global conflict. Gene tolerates his inclination towards pessimism and exposes the evil within him. The clash among Gene and Finny establishes a separate, full-scale war when Phineas fractures his leg once again. With Phineas' inner evil now exposed and his sketchy person...

• Word Count: 469
• Approx Pages: 2

... people" or " very well liked by ones friends and acquaintances". Phineas is properly described by this definition, he fits the criteria and he himself seems perfect in almost everyway. In A Separate Peace, Finny is the all star of the school and respectably is the friendliest person of all. Finny's powerful, charismatic figure inspires good in everyone's heart in Devon, his spirit never ... ...

• Word Count: 761
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... boy named Simon. It captures the answers to the questions studied in the course of English thus far during the short story "The Lady or the Tiger" and the novels A Separate Peace and Lord of the Flies. In the film, Simon acted as an outsider, a friend, and a sacrifice. As all those things, Simon became a hero. I believe Simon was the key to learning ... outsider during the novel because he was Piggy's friend. In the film, Simon also gave us the answer to the question "What are the Obligations of Friendship". In the novel A Separate Peace, Gene ended up failing all of the obligations of ...

• Word Count: 998
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. Both Gene and Finny experienced an inner and outer war. Internally the protagonists are searching for their own separate peace, and that is found At Devon Prep. School. There they are safe from the harsh external around them. Unfortunately the war becomes a reality when Lepper enlist. Before that all they ... friendship is really about. They come to terms with trust, confidence and loyalty and these are emotions that are learned by experience of being together. Thus in searching for each separate peace, they found not only ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. Both Gene and Finny experienced an inner and outer war. Internally the protagonists are searching for their own separate peace, and that is found At Devon Prep. School. There they are safe from the harsh external around them. Unfortunately the war becomes a reality when Lepper enlist. Before that all they ... friendship is really about. They come to terms with trust, confidence and loyalty and these are emotions that are learned by experience of being together. Thus in searching for each separate peace, they found not only ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. Both Gene and Finny experienced an inner and outer war. Internally the protagonists are searching for their own separate peace, and that is found At Devon Prep. School. There they are safe from the harsh external around them. Unfortunately the war becomes a reality when Lepper enlist. Before that all they ... friendship is really about. They come to terms with trust, confidence and loyalty and these are emotions that are learned by experience of being together. Thus in searching for each separate peace, they found not only ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. Both Gene and Finny experienced an inner and outer war. Internally the protagonists are searching for their own separate peace, and that is found At Devon Prep. School. There they are safe from the harsh external around them. Unfortunately the war becomes a reality when Lepper enlist. Before that all they ... friendship is really about. They come to terms with trust, confidence and loyalty and these are emotions that are learned by experience of being together. Thus in searching for each separate peace, they found not only ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

A writer once said " A real friend is someone who is one walks in when the rest of the world walks out." In A Separate Peace, Gene jounced the limb so his friend Finny could fall and get hurt. There could have been many reasons but there really is one could it be that Gene was ... Finny out of the tree maybe one reason would be that Gene was jealous of Finny because he was more popular and he was good at sports. In John Knowels A Separate Peace, he described many reasons that Gene would Jounce the limb so Finny could fall. This accident would ruin their friendship and then they wouldn't be t...

• Word Count: 429
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... one last term. You would have had an A in that one except for him. Except for him."" This is what Gene Forrester thought of Phineas (Finny) in John Knowles book, A Separate Peace. Gene absolutely hated Finny, but continues to pretend to be Finny's best friend. At the end of the book, Gene learns that it was not Phineas who was his enemy ... ...

• Word Count: 1067
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The book A Separate Peace is about two boys and their doubtful friendship. In the beginning, Gene and Phineas (often called Finny) are as close as brothers, but a horrible accident soon tears them apart. Afterwards, ... ...

• Word Count: 570
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School