... two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. This book vaguely outlines his experiences at Exeter with himself as the main character but under the name of Gene Forrester. Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. The primary setting of A Separate Peace is at the Devon School. The exact location ... the years of 1942 through 1944 at the same time as World War II, but the beginning and end of the book consist of Gene looking back on his years at the Devon School 15 years after he had attended it....

• Word Count: 1130
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. This book vaguely outlines his experiences at Exeter with himself as the main character but under the name of Gene Forrester. Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. The primary setting of A Separate Peace is at the Devon School. The exact location ... the years of 1942 through 1944 at the same time as World War II, but the beginning and end of the book consist of Gene looking back on his years at the Devon School 15 years after he had attended it....

• Word Count: 1113
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... of what the story will be about. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also curtain examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. The winter carnival is an example that shows the students at the school creating their own separate peace. Finny enters his own fantasy where there is no war occurring. He tries to ... the boys that were uptight about the war loosened up and enjoyed the fantasy that Finny created. Finny successfully creates his own separate peace by creating a fantasy world. After a period of guilty tension, Gene and Fi...

• Word Count: 324
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The Similarities Between "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "A Separate Piece" The novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles and the poem titled " Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost are both very interesting and similar pieces of ... boring and people would not have to deal with things that actually require action and thinking. A Separate Peace and "Nothing Gold Can Stay" are very similar and show the same message that not everything is perfect. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles the story is told through the perspective of Gene, the main character who ... dream of being an athlete and he has to l...

• Word Count: 682
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A "Separate Peace" (published in 1960) takes place during the Second World War in a New England Prep School called Devon (based on Phillips Exeter Academy). This is around the year 1943, the time ... enlist or wait and be drafted. In this novel the author John Knowles gives a good understanding of the war. The main characters Gene and Finny are always struggling between the "separate peace" and the real war. Even thought the story doesn't take place in a war battlefield, it just takes place in school. The war in Europe took away the ... wouldn't hate anyone the same way. Finny was affected by...

• Word Count: 686
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... 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. Gene becomes challenged with various inner hostilities, while Finny, his freedom for athletics voided, has been forced to find acceptability elsewhere. Furthermore, the book emerges during ... . However, a silent rivalry develops between them. At the beginning of the story Gene seems to accept Finny's physical agility, but he gradually begins to resents ...

• Word Count: 469
• Approx Pages: 2

... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 654
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... similar when a message or point is trying to get across. The same theme is usually used in books and movies, but have different plots and ideas. The novel A Separate Peace, by John Steinbeck, writes about the importance of having ones own identity and the struggle to find it. The movie "Dead Poets Society" also emphasizes about the importance ... of having an identity. There are many similarities between the novel A Separate Peace and the movie "Dead Poets Society." The novel A Separate Peace and the movie "Dead Poets Society" have much in common with one another. The characters in both ...

• Word Count: 753
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School