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  • San Francisco Chronicle World War Ii
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    The novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles looks into the life of young men on the verge of adulthood. Some of them are not able to cope, while others deal with life and make the best of it. The novel does an excellent job of portraying life during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. The story takes places in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the Devon School. It opens during the summer of 1942. In A Separate Peace, the main character, Gene, starts to feel as though him and Phineas (...
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  • State Of Mind Separate Peace
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    Most stories titles give readers 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 ...
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  • Finny Told Gene Ready To Enlist War
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    "I'm almost glad this war came along. It is like a test, isn't it, and only the things and people who " ve been evolving in the right way survive. " Lepper Leppellier said this extraordinary quote in chapter nine. My interpretation of Lepper's quote was, the war had forced the men to abide by the rule of, "survival of the fittest. " From the perspective of the war, Lepper implied that you need to be prepared mentally and physically for war; you also need to adapt to changes and mature to survive...
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  • Atypical Adolescent Eric Hochschwender Wexford
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    Essay # 2: Wexford (A Portrait of Evil) The character Wexford of the book Peace Breaks Out, is by no question an atypical adolescent. He is different than the rest of his peers, Wexford is an evil villain. But, as well as being evil he is also extremely bright, he goes about his business very smart and without having do any of the dirty work. He is smarter than the average teenage boy. He is more mature and more prepared to face the real world. From the start of the book when the characters are ...
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  • Gene And Finny Finny And Gene
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    A Separate Peace written by John Knowles tells the story of two friends in their quest through school, war, friendships, and death. As the story moves on, so does Gene's and Finny's friendship. It goes through many changes as the characters themselves change. In the beginning of the story, Finny and Gene were inseparable. They were the founding members of The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. But soon, jumping out of the tree all the time got old for Gene. Finny wasn't helping. He was...
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  • Separate Peace Gene Writes War
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    As with most novels, it is best to begin a discussion of thematic by examining the title. The phrase " a separate peace" is mentioned once in the novel when, speaking of the Winter Carnival, Gene writes: "It was this liberation we had torn from the gray encroachments of 1943, the escape we had concocted, this afternoon of momentary, illusory, special and separate peace. " The Devon of 1942 and 1943 is, at times, a haven of peace and forgetfulness for Gene and his classmates. And it is significan...
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  • Gene And Finny Devon School
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    Knowles, John. A Seperate Piece. New York: The Macmillan Co. , 1959 [ 196 pages] John Knowles novel A Seperate Piece is about friendship and how important it really is to have a friend that can help. The story takes place at The Devon School in The main characters are Gene a 17 year old who is very smart and is not into sports and Finny a 17 year old who is like the sports star at their school. Gene and Finny are Juniors at The Devon School and they are room mates. Finny loved sports and Gene re...
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  • Gene And Finny People In The World
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    The key component of the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, is jealousy. The novel builds upon jealousy, which is one of the ten deadly sins. Envy, can make a person act in a way that is out of their character. In the novel, Gene is jealous of Phineas. Jealously is one of the most common feelings in the world we live in today. When we are driving down the road, and we see someone in a nicer car than the one we have, our immediate instinct is to be jealous and feel that we would like to hav...
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  • Gene And Finny Vulgar Language
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    Throughout the course of the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, there is one character that shows superior maturity and individuality over the other students at Devon School; that character is Finny. He is the best friend and roommate of the main character, Gene. Finny has characteristics that show his individuality and maturity. These characteristics are courage, modesty, forgiveness, appreciation, and peacefulness. The first occurrence resides in the first scene of the novel. Some of the...
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  • Plot Of The Story End Of The Book
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    Plot A. The main idea of this story is for the colonists that landed on the new earth to get out of the terrain's (an alien life that lives on the planet) underground city, that was thought to be built a long time ago. 1. One event that is really important to the plot of the story was, the colonists were wondering in the dessert for days. They were running out of water, their best bet was to follow their tracers to the nearest body of water. An underground city was the closest thing to having wa...
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  • Super Suicide Society Gene And Finny
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    A Separate Peace by John Knowles recounts the friendship between two friends, Gene and Finny, during the year before they turn 18 and join World War II. It begins fifteen years in the future with Gene returning to his Alma Mata and remembering the drama and growth of his last year at Devon. Gene was rather naive and shy, concerned more with his academics. Gene was also very doubting and insecure about his own abilities. Phineas, or Finny was confident, the athlete and ringleader. Liked by all, h...
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  • Low Self Esteem Gene And Finny
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    We all have a darkness inside of us that is unleashed at different times in our lives. It can come out when we are jealous, angry, or just harassing someone. In the novel, A Separate Peace by Robert Knowles, Gene, the main character, is affected by a few evils inside a person and he also releases his own evil. Three characters from the novel, Quackenbush, Brinker, and Gene, all have darkness inside of them that they let come out in different ways. The first character from A Separate Peace that l...
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  • Gene Had Caused Gene And Phineas Finny
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    "He got away with everything because of the extraordinary person he was. It was quite a compliment to me, in fact, to have such a person choose me for his best friend" (21). The friendship of Gene, an intellectual, and Finny, a fearless athlete, is the focus of John Knowles A Separate Peace. Narrated by Gene Forrester, this is a story of two youths growing up at a beautiful boys boarding school in New England. Set at the headwaters of World War II, the bond between Gene and Phineas grows as the ...
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  • Los Angeles Ford Foundation
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    [Course Title] In relevance to print making, what is Tamarind? Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. (TLW) was founded in Los Angeles in 1960 as a means to "rescue" the dying art of lithography. Fully funded by the Ford Foundation until it became affiliated with the University of New Mexico in 1970, founding director June Wayne (right), together with Associate Director Clinton Adams and Technical Director Garo Antreasian, established multiple long-range goals: to create a pool of master artisan-pr...
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  • Finny War Effort
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    In a Separate Peace by John Knowles there is a character Phineas other wise known as Finny. Finny is an honest and ignorant charismatic young boy of 16 who is outgoing. Finny is unknowing of his ability to manipulate people. Finny is a lover of basic simple life. This story is set in a New England Prep school. Finny and Gene are the best of friends. Making their contribution to the war effort by simultaneously jumping out of a tree, Gene jounces the limb and causes Finny to fall and break his le...
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  • Sir Francis Drake Spanish Armada
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    Sir Francis Drake Francis Drake was an experienced and daring seafarer. Among many adventures, the famous voyage, his successful circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580 ensured that he would be one of the best remembered figures of Tudor England. In his own lifetime, he was thought of with mixed feelings, both at home and abroad. Some English people regarded him as a hero, but he was distrusted by others, who saw him as having risen above his station. Although he was feared and hated...
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  • Gene And Finny Separate Peace
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    ESSAY ON A SEPARATE PEACE John Knowles A Separate Peace is novel that focuses in on characters and their reaction to the world around them. Since the book was written in the forties the reader knows that the backdrop is WWII. The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of friendship. So, therefor, the two themes of war and friendship are intertwined throughout the novel. One major theme that Knowles uses is friendship, a friend is someone that you have personal regar...
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  • Gene And Finny Devon School
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    Gene and Phineas Gene and Phineas are two different people. These two teenagers were brought together by the Devon School, a boarding school in New England. Both of these boys are growing up in a time of trouble world war 2 but this is only one way they are alike, however they are also different in many ways. Phineas is a great athlete, the best in the entire school. What Gene lacks in athleticism he gains in smarts. Gene is one the smartest kids in his class and could well be valedictorian. The...
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  • Gene And Finny Separate Peace
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    An analysis of the rivalry of Phineas and Gene. From the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Phineas world was a very beautiful thing to him. A world where war was a work of art, painted so perfectly in his mind. He was full of views and ideas that were perfect in subject, but realistically unachievable. Gene was a Smart, intelligent boy. Every thing was completely real to him. School was very important. When he played sports, someone always lost, nobody always won in his mind. Gene, in his...
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  • Escape Reality Separate Peace
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    Searching for peace can be a challenge when every thing around you has something to do with war. Growing up can be difficult as well but through the tough times people become more knowledgeable. In A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, Finny, Gene, and Leper each struggle find peace and escape reality without having to face the truths to their lives. For Leper, Finny, and Gene, it is hard to find tranquility with a war happening around them. For example, Finny couldn? t find serenity with himself b...
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