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    A Separate Peace: Introduction Since it was first published in 1959‚ John Knowles’s novel A Separate Peace has gradually acquired the status of a minor classic. Set in the summer of 1942 at a boys’ boarding school in New Hampshire‚ the novel focuses on the relationship between two roommates and best friends‚ Gene Forrester and Phineas. Both approaching their last year of high school and anticipating their involvement in World War II‚ Gene and Phineas have very different dispositions. Gene‚ from

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    At one point in time‚ everyone has felt rivalry or as if they were in competition withsomeone. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ main characters; Gene Forrester and Phineashave a close relationship based solely on rivalry. The two teenage boys would compete with eachother in both sports and academics. But do all relationships have some sort of rivalry ‚ whether itbe known or quiet? Based on observations from the reading‚ examples from the novel and‚personal experiences ‚ I do believe relationships

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    "Nothing endures‚ not a tree‚ not love‚ not even a death by violence." Page 6 "I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn’t help envying him a little‚ which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying your best friend a little." Page 18 "If I had fallen awkwardly enough‚ I could have been killed. Finny had practically saved my life." Page 24 "To keep silent about this amazing happening deepened the shock for me. It made Finny

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    A collective sigh of relief echoes through the room. Two more well-known disciples enter. Jonathan and Cleopas relax‚ and in the privacy at their own small table‚ they continue their quiet conversation. Jonathan knows what worries him. “Has it occurred to you‚ my friend‚ we may be hunted down for a crime we didn’t commit?” On hearing the word crime‚ Cleopas’ forehead creases. “What crime‚ brother? Explain. We have done nothing wrong.” Jonathan looks around not wanting to share his thoughts with

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    Question 1: * J.D. Salinger * John Knowles * Stephen Chbosky Focussing Question 2: * J.D. Salinger‚ The Catcher in the Rye * John Knowles‚ A Separate Peace * Stephen Chbosky‚ The Perks of being a Wallflower Focussing Question 3: * Holden Caulfield‚ The Catcher in the Rye * Gene Forrester‚ A Separate Peace * Charlie‚ The Perks of being a Wallflower Conclusion * Summary * Bibliography –References Rationale I have decided to research the topic of coming

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    In the book‚ A Separate Peace‚ the main relationship of the novel is between the very charismatic‚ and humble Phineas (or Finny for short)‚ and the jealous‚ overachiever‚ Gene. The book is mostly set at a boarding school named Devon‚ there he meets many friends including Finny‚ who which he becomes good friends with‚ and even creates a club with. There Friendship can be described with the quote‚ “Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.”

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    some insight of what the story will be about. This important concept is seen in the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ written by John Knowles. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also specific examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. The winter carnival is a good example‚ which shows the students at the Devon School creating their own separate peace. After being severely maimed‚ Finny enters his own state of mind‚ where there is no war occurring

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    affected so many people. People daily lives were affected by it like the teenagers in the the book A Separate Peace ‚ where the teenage boys struggle with the concept of the war. In A Separate Peace John Knowles demostrats how the boys achieve a separate peace yet the setting and their behavior are tinged with war-like imagery. Knowles demostrats how the boys achieve separate peace through the setting with war like imagery in the winter carnival. As the boys get ready for the winter

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    whatever means possible. A Separate Peace by John Knowles takes place during World War II in 1943. The main characters all long to maintain their innocence and separate themselves‚ and their school‚ from the war. The boys see the school as becoming corrupt by the war and use the Winter Carnival’s festivities to create a separate peace. Nevertheless‚ Knowles’s use of war related imagery through the setting‚ the boys’ behavior‚ and the prizes used in the Carnival suggests that the peace they see is a facade

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