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    In John Knowles’ A Separate Peace‚ the main characters‚ Gene and Phineas‚ have a complicated relationship which changes both of their lives. Gene is better off having been friends with Finny because Finny’s death causes him to accept responsibility and reality. Preceding Finny’s death‚ Gene does not admit responsibility for Phineas’ fall. Gene decides to tell Finny that the fall was his fault‚ because he thinks that is what Phineas would do in this situation. Once Gene tells him‚ Finny gets extremely

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    Good Luck Symbols Many of us believe in carrying good luck symbols or charms with us‚ so that we are successful in our task. The article enlists some of the popular symbols that are believed to bring good luck. Being lucky or unlucky is merely a mind game and the definition of luck may change from person to person. It is just a belief whether you consider a particular incidence to be a good fortune or bad. A good luck symbol is nothing but an event or object that is believed to bring good luck

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    Peace‚ John Knowles enlightens readers on human existence by displaying how denial allows a person to stray from reality. Numerous cases of denial overwhelm and test characters’ assurances of their own presence. Characters such as Gene Forrester and Phineas (Finny) fail to acknowledge denial‚ so that their naiveté prohibits them from identifying the truth. Eventually‚ fate causes each to face his own guilt‚ embarrassment‚ and disbelief. As the novel progresses Gene Forrester‚ the main character‚ continuously

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    Living in Gilead is unfortunate. However offred is the lucky one. She’s able to see what most people don’t see. She saw the truth about Gilead. She’s like the one who walked out of the cave in the allegory of the cave and saw the light. She’s also like Neo who disconnected from the matrix and saw the real world. Offred represent human’s will of freedom. However‚ if viewed from a different perspective. Offred is the unlucky one. She has to go through lots of things that ordinary people doesn’t need

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    Party At eight o’clock of the evening of my lucky birthday‚ I was alone at home grumbling and frowning‚ shouting furiously and pitying myself for my misfortune. I thought it was going to be a special day filled with presents and fun‚ but all I received was a “Happy Birthday”. All of a sudden‚ the electricity cut off and there was a complete darkness in the house. I couldn’t do anything therefore I decided to go to sleep and end this unlucky day. Out of the blue in that quiet night

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    Identity Thief: Character Misjudgement in A Separate Peace and The Poison Tree The quality of individuality and the vital role it plays in a human life is a theme often explored in literature. It is difficult to argue against the importance of being true to oneself and maintaining a strong‚ independent character. However‚ many times the miscalculation of the identity of another is equally as damaging as losing individual identity. In A Separate Peace‚ John Knowles highlights the consequences of

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    quite common in what the naked eye would view as a friendship. It’s almost as if the closer two people become‚ the more unseen motifs there are growing between them. This is especially true in the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ with schoolmates Gene and Phineas. From the outside looking in‚ the two boys come off as the best of friends. Rooming together‚ skipping school‚ and even creating their own‚ “Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session.” But deep down there is always that sense that not everything

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    called Devon located in New Hampshire. This story explores morality‚ restraint‚ and the loss of innocence through the narrator‚ Gene. In John Knowles’ A Separate Peace the two main characters‚ Gene and Phineas‚ are drawn together in a tight friendship despite the war going on‚ Gene’s jealousy of Phineas‚ and how different the two characters are. The war affected everyone at Devon by the end of the story no matter how hard they tried to ignore it. In the story Gene states “We reminded them of what peace

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    Dual Perspective Narrative and the Character of Phineas in A Separate Peace‚ young Gene “...attributes to Phineas characteristics that Gene the adult knows to be entirely absent from his personality‚ and it is only when the adult voice chooses to reveal to us the absolutely falsity of these misconceptions that we discover‚ as Gene did himself‚ that Finny is incapable of harboring evil thought and feelings towards others.” The thought that Phineas could possess the ability to wish evil upon another

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    Reading Tim Winton’s rollicking‚ heartbreaking‚ hopeful saga‚ Cloudstreet‚ you are immersed in Australia: its histories‚ its peoples‚ its changing values‚ and its multiple longings. It is Australia imagined large and sprawling‚ but also in ordinary‚ intimate detail from a particular dot on the map: working class Perth‚ Western Australia‚ from the 1940s to the 1960s. Humorously‚ lyrically and poignantly‚ the novel probes questions of where and how to belong. Always already transient and haunted‚ belonging

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