October 22‚ 1943 Gene Forrester Time capsule letter Devon High School Dear ‚ What do you remember from Devon? Do you remember your growth‚ your maturity‚ and your fraternity? Hopefully you will now remember the easy times of peace and your trials from Devon. The tree: the shrunken giant‚ my worst nightmare‚ and best tutor. It taught me many things about life‚ and that is to respect its teachings. Its broken branch‚ dead and weak‚ represents the tree as a whole. No longer high and mighty
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From a young age‚ we are taught that strength of character leads to success. In schools and in homes across the world‚ young people are taught basic things like: kindness‚ sharing politeness and good humor. In A Separate Peace‚ author John Knowles shows us how strength of character impacts Phineas’s and Gene’s relationship and the course their lives take. Lance Armstrong’s recent fall from grace as reported in (site 3 sources) also suggests how strength of character impacts his downfall. Arguably
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Well‚ you should be. In the First World War‚ one thousand six hundred and forty nine Canadian soldiers under the age of eighteen risked their lives‚ and three hundred and sixty five of these soldiers died for our freedom. In the novel‚ “A SEPARATE PEACE”‚ by John Knowles‚ The main character Gene undergoes various situations that are influenced by the war‚ including the incident of Gene jostling the branch causing Phineas to fall from the tree‚ the participation of contributing to the war‚ and the
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in this light that Chinweizu‚ Jemie and Madubuike quite firmly state “To Western critics […]: take your hemegonic hands off African literature! [...] they should show the proper respect for the autonomy of that literature†(303). Achebe does not stop at this warning but in his works ensures that the Western hegemony is undisputedly dealt with. From Things Fall Apart to Anthills of the Savannah‚ it has been a long struggle to help his society “regain belief in itself and put
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The novel A Separate Peace takes place at an all-boys Private school called Devon during World War II and a conflict appears between two best friends; Gene and Finny. This conflict happens because when jumping out of a tree into the Devon River Finny suggested that he and gene should jump at the same time. Gene got in his head that Finny was trying to distract him from his studying so that Finny would be better at more things than him “then a second realization broke as clearly and bleakly as
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Kultura teacher‚ I am unaware of the information behind these street names. I even wonder if postman‚ who are expert in finding the address of the mail‚ is knowledgeable about the information behind these street names. I remember a line from the theme song of Department of Tourism entitled Biyahe Tayo which is “Huwag Maging Dayuhan sa Sariling Bayan’‚ which clearly mean that we should visit and be informed of the background and history of our own place. My reflection in this experience on street
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A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ is a book is about a group of friends in their high school years that are on a journey to reach manhood but have to deal with many problems on the way. The major problem is the fear of being drafted into the war. The main characters Gene and Finny are best friends but experience many issues on the way to becoming best friends. The other two kids in their group‚ Leper and Brinker are also facing many problems from the war. The story is a flashback with Gene narrating
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A Separate Peace In the opening passage of A Separate Peace‚ John Knowles utilizes personifications‚ similes‚ and metaphors in order to create a gloomy and contemplative mood. At the beginning of the book‚ Gene Forrester is visiting his old high school‚ The Devon School‚ and the school ironically looks newer and more improved. As he explores this new school‚ a mood of gloom and contemplation is created. A personification such as‚ “Now here it was after all‚ preserved by some considerate hand with
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reminded to one simultaneously‚ they eventually accept both of them. In his novel 1984‚ the dictator party uses the phrase made up of contrary words “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” -George Orwell (Freedom Quotes) to make the people believe that there is no good in freedom‚ but ignorance and war will bring them peace and strength. And it works. They conquer the country through brainwashing the people that what they do is the best way. Even though I agree with Orwell that
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eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the cat‚” (Achebe 1). With all the respect okonkwo had he was thought to be a perfect Ibo. Okonkwo had three out of the four titles in the Ibo tribe and one reason he was able to get the first
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