In the book " A Separate Peace" it exemplifies true feelings and characteristics of ordinary people. It takes place in 1942 during the dark days of World War II. The book is based on a flashback by main character and narrator Gene Forrester. Based at a highly regarded prep school, by the name of Devon Institute. There's a constant struggle between a group of boys ... . Many people believed he didn't believe in war because he wasn't able to participate in it due to his injured leg. I truly enjoyed the book, which is rather rare for me unless it's a sports book or magazine. The book explained ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... either, otherwise how could you practice love as an art? Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can- that is their secret" (p. 73) However, over the course of the book, Siddhartha learns to love and finds this secret of ordinary people. By loving his Self, loving and losing his son, and loving humanity and eventually coming to understand people Siddhartha ... love and reaches enlightenment. One of the first ideas Siddhartha has about enlightenment is that only through total separation can he find the inner Atman, and thus reach enlightenment. To separate from the Self, Sidd...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Finn, the river plays many roles and holds a prominent theme throughout much of the story. Huck and Jim seem to be happiest and most at peace when on the river. Although probably not to the point of having its own personality, the river has a deeper meaning than just water and mud. ... its capacity to provide freedom of movement, the raft affords Huck and Jim a certain amount of freedom in actions, words, and emotions. Freedom in this book specifically means freedom from society and its imperatives. Huck senses this truth when he mentions how other places feel so cramped and smothery, bu...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and Jimmy Cross carried many of the same items for survival and sanity, but their personal items and those hidden deep within the thought and consciousness separate the two soldiers and the men that actually returned from the war. Jimmy Cross was the leader and in charge of the platoon; therefore, he ... things that would never leave the soldiers. Although it is easy to assume that Tim O"Brien is the character narrating most of the novel, the book is not autobiographical and some parts are real while others make the reader question the validity of the novel's truth. Either way, for the sa...

• Word Count: 1691
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School