... Devon School, an exclusive New England academy. Gene often speaks of the academy's detailed architecture. The trees and buildings create a class of respectable grandeur. One can almost feel the hardness marble staircases and the intricateness of the wooden detailing. Devon is the boys' separate peace, because it is a world away from the war, where only radios and newspapers tell wartime stories ... relieve the boredom of his descriptive paragraphs. John Knowles uses methods of foreshadowing in this novel. For example, Gene says that he has returned to view two fearful sites: the marble ...

• Word Count: 3096
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... identified, who died in combat. The inscription on the back of the Tomb states; "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God-. The Tomb is a white marble sarcophagus and has a flat-faced form. The corners and along the sides has columns set into the surface. On the east panel, which faces Washington D.C. are sculpted three Greek figures ... , and Valor. Buried just west of the World War I Unknown Soldier's burial place are crypts of unknown soldiers from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam whose graves are marked by marble slabs in the plaza. This Veteran's Day, the Nat...

• Word Count: 4085
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School