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    A Separate Peace Analysis

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    A Separate Peace‚ suggests that true friendship requires honesty between friends‚ because without honesty there is no trust between friends‚ and trust is the basis of a friendship. Friendship is the main theme in John Knowles’ novel A Separate Peace. Gene Forrester‚ an intellectual student and Finny‚ his roommate at Devon School‚ who is usually misbehaving‚ become friends. The two have opposing interests and personalities‚ yet still remain close friends. Gene‚ envying Finny’s athletic ability

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    Christianity and Peace Explain how Christians understand the concept of peace‚ as informed by their sacred text…. The Christian way of peace is spoken through passages of the New Testament. The New Testament is the customary text that all Christians follow. It declares the focus of peace within the Christian tradition‚ all of which began with the teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians are taught to live harmoniously with all humans and the belief of God. As documented in the Gospels and

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    Christianity and Justice

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    Christianity emphasises justice‚ while others emphasise compassion; this statement is fundamental in the belief of Christians. Justice means to have moral rightness that is based on ethics‚ civil laws‚ natural laws and religion. One of the Ten Commandments states‚ "Love thy neighbor as thy self". This Statement was repeated seven times in the Bible‚ once in the Old Testament and six times in the New Testament.  It is quite clear to me that our capacity to have this kind of love must be foremost in

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    John Knowles’s separate peace is not a classic example of a novel‚ because the book was not analytical or explanatory. I believe Knowles’s goal was to create an impression of good vs. evil‚ and to communicate social values. A separate piece had many symbols and underlying themes in it‚ which right away is a tip off that Knowles has more than a classic-definition novel here. Knowles used impressions like evil always wins‚ again going against the theory of a classic novel. By focusing on our right

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    In the novel A Separate Peace there are many symbols‚ however one of the most powerful is the burning of The Iliad. The burning of The Iliad‚ a famous tale of war‚ represents Finny’s rejection of the war. Gene says‚ during the carnival Finny"drew me increasingly ...into a world inhabited by just himself and me‚ where there was no war at all." Finny is actively rejecting the war‚ he is removing it from every aspect of his life; he is trying to bring back the carefree summer session through the carnival

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    Injustice and Justice

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    Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere In the name of ALLAH the most gracious the most merciful‚ the Omnipresent and Omnipotent. Mr. President sir‚ honourable chief guest‚ worthy opponents and future scholars. "O believers! Be firm in justice as witnesses for God‚ even in cases against yourselves‚ your parents or your kin" “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." These powerful words were said by one of American best known advocate of equal rights - Dr. Martin Luther

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    as Catalysts for Peace” Friends‚ let me begin by quoting you a line lifted from Eleanor Roosevelt. “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” This ladies and gentlemen challenges Juan De la Cruz‚ the majority common Filipino people. And what is more moiling to this are the sweet and sour additives and influences of the society. My friends‚ as we all know Philippines is somehow ignorant to peace‚ particularly Mindanao

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    Goldstein War Is Peace

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    not see war as a negative impact but a positive one. He goes on to say war is not about taking land but it is to keep the structure of society intact and war should be continuous for there to be peace in the world. This is why one of the party’s slogans is “War is Peace” because they believe there can be peace in the world if there is war for years and years. In Goldstein’s quote‚ there is a repetition as he keeps on repeating the word “war” in every sentence. He does that because he is trying to re-address

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    Discuss the importance of multicultural unity in developing a Culture of Peace in the Mauritian nation. Mauritius is one of the polyethnic countries that has the most peaceful and stable democratic. Multiculturalism has been a characteristic feature of the island of Mauritius. Mauritian society includes people from many different ethnic and religious groups: Hindu‚ Muslim and Indo-Mauritians‚ Mauritian Creoles‚ Buddhist and Roman Catholic Sino-Mauritians and Franco-Mauritians. The importance

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    Irony In A Separate Peace

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    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 was like‚ of lives which were not bound up with destruction” (Page 17). By saying

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