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    point of view and get their judgment because it is not their life that is going to be affected as much as your future”. Why is it that human beings feel intimidated by others? Everyone has their own fears and insecurities. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ the main character and the narrator‚ Gene Forrester feels a sense of inferiority to his best friend‚ Phineas (Finny). When an individual feels intimidated by another‚ they do anything within their capability in order to feel secure. An individual

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    “It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly can never know what true friendship means.” In other words‚ this occurred in A Separate Peace‚ by John Knowles when Gene shook the tree limb and knocked Finny off‚ Finny was nothing but nice to Gene; Gene Pretreated the friend ship because he was self-centered. For example‚ when I moved to Tennessee I meet a girl named Grace we were inseparable to each other. Grace and I spent day after day‚ week after week‚ at each others

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    In the novel‚ A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ two teenage boys deal with friendship and warfare. The novel shows how they accomplished goals and how they dealt with the war. Their names were Gene and Phineas but everyone called Phineas "Finny". They had a friend named Leper and they also knew a boy named Brinker. Leper and Brinker’s thoughts and actions affected Gene’s relationship with Finny by influencing jealousy‚ friendship‚ and warfare. In chapters 4 and 5 Leper affects Gene by making Gene

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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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    ” (Knowles 27)‚ which surprises Gene and makes his realize that Finny is blameless. Gene being as jealous as he is‚ decides to go to the club meeting anyway‚ which is where he ended up hurting Finny. Gene thinks to himself on the way over‚ “It wasn’t my neck‚ but my understanding which was menaced. He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he I couldn’t stand this.” (Knowles 28)

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    “If Phineas had been sitting here in this pool of guilt‚ how would he have felt‚ what would he have done? He would have told me the truth.”(Knowles 66). Gene made a horrible mistake‚ but his first response is to do what Finny would do. They are best friends‚ Gene and Finny‚ because they balance each other out. Gene is quite refrained and a follower‚ but Finny is more outgoing and a leader. The problem with Gene being so refrained is he never talks about his feelings‚ instead he bottles them up until

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    truant’s corner” (Knowles 23). Finny was the type of kid teachers got a kick out of. He was the essence of the feeling of peace even with the world war. The pink shirt. Boys wearing pink in the 1940s was unheard of‚ unmanly. Though he didn’t take any mind to it. He wore it as an “emblem” to celebrate the war. Gene felt envy towards this. Finny was the only person who could wear something like that with full confidence. “There was no harm in envying your best friend a little” (Knowles 25). The

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    In the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ John Knowles writes about the internal struggles of a young friendship during World War II. Knowles adopts a serious tone in order to develop to the idea that war is inevitable. The author uses devices including characterization and symbolism to develop the theme. Knowles illustrates that war is inescapable through the use of characterization. For example‚ on page 104‚ “I pulled that off revealing an army fatigue shirt my brother had given me. ‘Very topical’ said

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    A Separate Peace By: Anonymous E-mail: intrepidhp@home.com A Separate Peace A Separate Peace is a novel by John Knowles that is about prep school experiences during World War II. This book was a good story about an adolescents attempt to understand the world and himself. I enjoyed reading about Gene’s journey towards maturity and the adult world. This book takes place in Devon School‚ New Hampshire during a summer session when Gene Forrester was sixteen years old. One day Gene and Finny‚

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    Makena Horn Ms. Atnip English 2‚ Period 3 8 November 2017 Goodbye Childhood “We each begin in innocence. We all become guilty.” (Leonard F. Peltier‚ Prison Writings). The novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles tells the story of Gene’s troublesome but significant growth into adulthood‚ a journey about understanding his place in the world. At the beginning of the novel‚ Gene is an anxious yet egotistical high schooler who spends all his time with his best friend Finny. By the end‚ even though Gene

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