Seperate Peace In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human enemies, but his emotions create a circumstance far greater than any human enemy. ... Finny quickly replied that they were swimming in the river, something that is forbidden, right down to the last detail, and they got away with it. ... Gene believed that Finny was trying to wreak his studies with games, an organization they had formed-the Secret Suicide Society, going to the beach and...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In A Separate Peace, the Devon School acts as a microcosm for a child's life during the war, fully sheltered from the audacity of a world at war. ... Phineas lives a life of freedom and spontaneity at Devon that helps to reveal his true innocence. ... Finny's rebellious personality strikes a direct contrast with Gene's conformist ways. ... The child's world is filled with fun and laughter. ... Each struggles to find his own separate peace in a world of challenges. ...

• Word Count: 1132
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Comparison Paragraph of Thomas Jefferson to Finny in Separate Peace "I don't care what people think, I am still going to wear a pink shirt." That was what finny thought in the book a Separate Peace. ... Thomas Jefferson also did not have a problem with what people thought about his clothes. ... Honesty was important thing to Thomas Jefferson because he was very involved with the Declaration of Independence. ... That helped him to write the Declaration of Independence. ...

• Word Count: 509
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School