“All things truly wicked start from innocence‚” is a quote first said by Ernest Hemmingway‚ an author and journalist from Illinois. This quote is basically saying that innocence may start out as something seen as purity‚ in a person possessing this attribute‚ but eventually leads to immoral and sinful events. In my opinion this is because people who are said to be innocent are oblivious to the bad things that happen in the world‚ and when they do come to understand the evil in the world‚ they do
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of Contents Introduction: * Rationale * Texts and Authors * Focussing Questions Focussing 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
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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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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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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 carnival that‚ “ saturday was battleship gray.” Knowles uses the war imagery of
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know that good will prevail. In ‘Ozymandias’ we get a strong example that villainy produces interesting content because of the way that Shelley uses his diction and imagery in his crisp sonnet of delicious irony. The first example of engaging material is when we hear of: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone” “that colossal wreck” Shelley uses adjectives of scale and irony to show how Ozymandias’ (Ramesses ii) was an egomaniac and a megalomaniac because he had such a
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The movie The Emperor’s Club and the novel A Separate Peace share many of the same thematic motifs. Two of these themes are rivalry and forgiveness. The ways they are presented in the novel and movie have similarities and differences. Rivalry and competition is a theme included in The Emperor’s Club and A Separate Peace. In the novel‚ Gene competes against Finny to be "better". Gene states that there is only competition in sports‚ although Finny is a natural athlete and more talented than Gene at
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A Separate Peace: Friendship‚ Conformity‚ and War We have all experienced friendship in our lives; some of these bonds were lasting and others were not. A Separate Peace is a book that deals with the friendship of high school boys. These boys attend an all-boy’s school called Devon School. It is said that: "Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England." "Devon was both scholarly and very athletic." Devon is where Gene Forrester‚ Phineas (Finny) and Elwin
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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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