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    World War II Symbolism in A Separate Peace World War II symbolizes the “enemy” that each character has to face to become an adult. Gene comes to understand that every person has his or her own private enemy that they spend their lives trying to overcome. He says “my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there.” This shows that Gene thinks of his own personal war as something he had to face at school rather than by

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    In John Knowles’ novel A Separate Peace‚ which chronicles the maturity of a group of prep-school friends‚ Gene Forrester‚ Quackenbush and Brinker‚ three prep-school students‚ often are subject to their emotions and personalities so as to harm others. They can be pushed to harm in both physical and emotional ways. Each of these boys has something—Gene’s jealousy‚ Quackenbush’s frustration‚ or Brinker’s pride—that drives them to hurt and brings out the worst in their characters. Gene Forrester

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    Correlation and Regression Analysis: SPSS Obtain from my SPSS Data Page the following files: KJ.sav‚ Poffhoff.sav‚ and Corr_Regr.savBivariate Analysis: Attitudes About Animals Predicted from Misanthropy One day as I sat in the living room‚ watching the news on TV‚ there was a story about some demonstration by animal rights activists. I found myself agreeing with them to a greater extent than I normally do. While pondering why I found their position more appealing than usual that evening

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    In A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ the main character‚ Gene Forrester‚ struggles with copious moral dilemmas while living at Devon‚ a boarding school. The author portrays Gene as a structured intellectual‚ who is shielded from the reality of World War II. As a result of this “separate peace”‚ he predominantly struggles with his self-integrity and‚ consequently‚ feels much jealousy towards his classmates at Devon. By examining Gene’s antagonistic behavior towards his peers‚ it is evident that personal

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    “If Phineas had been sitting here in this pool of guilt‚ how would he have felt‚ what would he have done? He would have told me the truth.”(Knowles 66). Gene made a horrible mistake‚ but his first response is to do what Finny would do. They are best friends‚ Gene and Finny‚ because they balance each other out. Gene is quite refrained and a follower‚ but Finny is more outgoing and a leader. The problem with Gene being so refrained is he never talks about his feelings‚ instead he bottles them up until

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    Situational Irony - There is situational irony near the end of the story. This happens when Nathan retells the story of how he saved Delia over Eunice. The reader expects Nathan to explain how he didn’t choose who he saved‚ due to the fact that it was too dark. Nonetheless‚ the reader finds out that Nathan knowingly saved Delia first‚ after identifying the fur of Eunice’s coat. This creates a plot twist‚ and increases the reader’s interest in the story‚ despite it happening in the last few lines

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    the boys were allowed to go smoke without any adults saying anything to them. Eventually it got to the point that the war was all that was on anyone’s mind at the time during school especially in the latter part of the book during Gene’s senior year. The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles has many themes‚ but the one I find most prevalent is the way the war slowly creeps up on everyone

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    Outside Reading Assignment (A Separate Peace) Gene and Finny are the main characters of A Separate Peace and Gene also serves as the narrator and protagonist of this book. In the beginning of the novel Gene and Finny appear to have a perfect friendship‚ although Gene has many mixed emotions regarding Finny. It is clear from Gene’s praiseworthy description of Finny’s athleticism‚ charisma‚ and charm that Gene admires Finny. It is also these qualities that make Finny the competition. Although Gene

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    In the book‚ A Separate Peace‚ the author‚ John Knowles‚ writes to us a novel about war‚ but happens to focus more on the war within the human heart. This novel tells a story of two boys’ co-dependency during World War Two‚ and explores the difficulties with understanding the self during adolescence. Identity is complicated enough as the narrator‚ Gene Forrester‚ enters adulthood in a time of war‚ but a difficult friendship with a fellow student and rival leads to a further confusion of identity

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    Makena Horn Ms. Atnip English 2‚ Period 3 8 November 2017 Goodbye Childhood “We each begin in innocence. We all become guilty.” (Leonard F. Peltier‚ Prison Writings). The novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles tells the story of Gene’s troublesome but significant growth into adulthood‚ a journey about understanding his place in the world. At the beginning of the novel‚ Gene is an anxious yet egotistical high schooler who spends all his time with his best friend Finny. By the end‚ even though Gene

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