... . However, Gene never realizes that, in the end, Finny is his motivation. Gene is very much a part of Finny entire life while in New Hampshire. At the beginning of the book he follows Phinaes around as if he was his shadow. Finny suggests that himself, Gene and some friends of his jump out of a tree, and in Gene's words, "what was ... weeks they spent training brings them closer and closer together, until they are more or less one. Finally, Finny creates a sort of peace of well being inside of Gene. These little moments of peace are scattered all throughout the book, from the night at th...

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• Grade Level: High School

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 flashback as the plot. In the first chapter, when Gene is visiting ... 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...

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... Separate Peace" is greatly dedicated to the adolescent years of ones life. For the duration of these often confusing year's people make catastrophic mistakes. These gaffes are primarily believed to be vast setbacks in our lives yet ultimately improve ourselves and give us a better understanding of who we are. The characters in this book ... are used to exemplify this. Elwin Lepellier, a.k.a leper, is a character in "a Separate Peace" who underwent adolescent changes. Quiet and shy; leper is most comfortable when by himself and takes ... the surprisingly powerful testimony at the mock t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Finny How Things Change In the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a boy named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in order to find an inner peace. While attending the private boys school during the second World War, Gene's best friend Phineas died and Gene knows he was partially responsible. Phineas, or Finny as he was sometimes ... that Finny could do such a thing without any training or anything. All Gene could say was, "You're too good to be true." In certain ways he was. Throughout the book Gene knows that Finny has some strong beliefs. The first three he notice...

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• Grade Level: High School

... out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger." This quote deals with some of the deeper themes in the novel A Separate Peace. The book is set in the 1940's at a private school in The United States of America. The protagonist Gene and his friend Phineas take on the difficult journey through lies and fear ... ...

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... How Things Change In the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a boy named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in order to find an inner peace. While attending the private boys' school during the second World War, Gene's best friend Phineas died and Gene knows he was partially responsible. Phineas, or Finny as he was sometimes ... that Finny could do such a thing without any training or anything. All Gene could say was, "You're too good to be true." In certain ways he was. Throughout the book Gene knows that Finny has some strong beliefs. The first three he notic...

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• Grade Level: High School

... other hand, wished for nothing more than to work on his uncle's farm and to someday inherit it. The two boys matured and went their separate ways; Tengo moved into the township in order to attend a school for colored people. He succeed at his studies, and dreamt of one day ... years of government mandated military service. After his contribution to the service, he would be able to focus on his true passion, the farm. Peace and order began to dwindle, as the tension increased among black communities. They finally realized the injustices of the policy of apartheid. The black ... the nove...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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, but the inner demons of hate, envy, and jealousy. Gene ... away with everything. So, he kept working harder in school and to become the best scholar. Gene finally goes off to fight in the war at the end of the book because he recognizes he has already battled his enemy, and beaten it. Gene...

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• 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, ... himself. His paralyzation leads to his death when he falls down the stairs and breaks his leg another time. Gene's suffering is the cause of all the action in the book. Overall, Gene and Finny's relationship resembles a tree. In the summer, it was bright and flowering, like the boys" friendship, but in the winter it dies and becomes hollow, like their ... ...

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