A Struggle for Innocence Through out the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ by Jonathan Knowles‚ a conflict between innocence and guilt is revealed. Gene Forrest‚ the narrator of the story returns to his school Devon‚ thirty years later to face the haunting memories of a past love-hate relationship. Though many people would argue the fact that Gene’s character was not redeemed by the end of the novel‚ I on the other hand personally hold the opinion that Gene’s character was. When you die to your self
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Gene Forrester is the narrator in the novel "A Separate Peace." He began by looking back to his high school years‚ contemplating all the memories‚ the good and bad‚ he shared with his classmates and friends‚ especially his best friend‚ Finny. Gene shows many different sides in his personality through the dramatic situations he goes through. He shows through as a loyal‚ intelligent young man‚ struggling through adolescence‚ and then turns to a jealous‚ unconventional teenager‚ not knowing what his
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Gene is full of the evil that shows up in every story. Gene‚ the main character in the Separate Peace‚ thought his best friend to be his enemy. He also broke his so called enemy’s legs and tried to convince himself it had been an accident. Finny was then sadly eventually killed by Gene’s decisions and actions. Gene is inherently evil because he thought Finny to be his enemy‚ he broke Finny’s leg‚ and ultimately killed him. Should one think that their best friend is their enemy? Finny was the
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A Separate Peace Dealing with enemies has been a problem since the beginning of time. "I never killed anybody‚" Gene had commented later in his life‚ "And I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform‚ I was on active duty all my time at Devon; I killed my enemy there." In A Separate Peace‚ by John Knowles‚ the value of dealing with enemies is shown by Gene‚ who was dealing with few human enemies‚ but his emotions created far
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"A Separate Peace" takes place during World War II in 1943‚ a time of great uncertainty and changing lifestyles but the danger of this war never really seems to come near Devon. So does this terrible environment and events affect the characters of a Separate Peace or just provide a safe and surreal environment for the characters? The war in a Separate Peace may not directly affect the characters for the majority of the novel but we see its affects on the characters actions indirectly and it ends
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William Lane’s “The Horses” and John Knowles’s “A Separate Peace” employ various stylistic features to explore the idea of decay within individuals from each novel. “The Horses” details the school life of a fictional modern Australian high school centred on medieval re-enactments alongside education‚ in which the teacher Val decays through loss of his reputation. “A Separate Peace”‚ also set within a high school‚ Devon High School‚ in the United States of America during World War II‚ follows the
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A Separate Peace: Social Stereotypes Thesis: The five main characters in John Knowles’ A Separate Peace represent social stereotypes‚ according to some people. In his book A Separate Peace‚ John Knowles represents jocks with Phineas‚ a character who believes that sports are the key to life. Phineas is more of a sportsman than a jock. Real jocks only care about winning‚ Phineas makes sure it’s not possible for anyone to win or lose. Chet Douglas is an exaggerated prep‚ just like
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In everyone’s life‚ there is loneliness but that loneliness is always filled up by something. This something is what makes someone happy and not alone. This something is friendship. The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles tells a story of the friendship of two boys attending a private boys school during World War II. These two boys‚ Gene and Phineas who is also known as Finny‚ shows an example of friendship. These two boys are best friends that learn from each other and they both have each other
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1) The main character of the book‚ A Separate Peace‚ is Gene Forrester. He is in the senior class at Devon. He is widely known as the smart student who is always on time to class and always does his school work. Gene is a good choice as the main character of this book‚ but if the author would have chosen Finny as the main character‚ the book would have been different. Finny leaves Devon for an amount of time because he breaks his leg. Therefore‚ if he was the main character‚ the book would not
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A Separate Peace In the book A Separate Peace written by John Knowles the main character attends an all boys school. The book is set during World War One and explains how life and how the boys at the school are effected. There are two main themes in the book and they are jealousy and friendship. The two themes are actually mainly between two friends that attend Devon. The two themes show up several times throughout the entire book. The two boys both experience the to themes and both have to over
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