A Separate Peace Chapter 1-5 Summary
CHAPTERS 1-5:
• Narrator introduces himself as a detective and claims he craves truth but lies
• Manipulates his suspects into giving in and giving him the confession he wants
• His name is Adam Robert Ryan
• He grew up Knocknaree, Ireland
• Book opens and it is 1984
• His best friends were Peter Savage and Jamie Rowan
• Went into the woods to play but did not return in time for tea and as the night dragged on their parents grew worried and finally called the police
• Adam Ryan was the only one who was found: 4 gashes in his shirt, legs all cut up, shoes soaked in blood, petrified and in shock
• No DNA testing in Ireland at the time but blood is believed to be from a 4th person
• Jamie and Peter are never found
• Adam moves to London for boarding …show more content…
It puts him on edge and gives him vivid flashbacks and when he finally falls asleep he has a nightmare. He wakes up to a scream from deep within the woods and begins hearing voices. He is scared and not in any state to drive so he calls Cassie to pick him up. She takes him back to her place to get him something to eat and try to calm him down. They end up kissing.
• The next day Rob begins acting really weird. He will not look at Cassie, say more than one sentence, and refuses to come over for dinner.
• He meets with Rosalind again. She talks about how she knows Cassie does not like her and how much she appreciates Rob for being there for her. She tries to kiss him, but Rob turns her down and she gets angry because she thought he cared for her.
• The medical records for ALL the Devlin’s come back from the lab and they are all in perfectly good health.
• Andrews receives an interesting phone call that Rob and Sam listen in on: it’s Sam’s uncle telling Andrews to not talk to the police without a lawyer and that he would take care of the details. Sam is shocked and when he takes it to O’Kelly, he tells him to erase it and cover it up. Sam is torn over what to
• Narrator introduces himself as a detective and claims he craves truth but lies
• Manipulates his suspects into giving in and giving him the confession he wants
• His name is Adam Robert Ryan
• He grew up Knocknaree, Ireland
• Book opens and it is 1984
• His best friends were Peter Savage and Jamie Rowan
• Went into the woods to play but did not return in time for tea and as the night dragged on their parents grew worried and finally called the police
• Adam Ryan was the only one who was found: 4 gashes in his shirt, legs all cut up, shoes soaked in blood, petrified and in shock
• No DNA testing in Ireland at the time but blood is believed to be from a 4th person
• Jamie and Peter are never found
• Adam moves to London for boarding …show more content…
It puts him on edge and gives him vivid flashbacks and when he finally falls asleep he has a nightmare. He wakes up to a scream from deep within the woods and begins hearing voices. He is scared and not in any state to drive so he calls Cassie to pick him up. She takes him back to her place to get him something to eat and try to calm him down. They end up kissing.
• The next day Rob begins acting really weird. He will not look at Cassie, say more than one sentence, and refuses to come over for dinner.
• He meets with Rosalind again. She talks about how she knows Cassie does not like her and how much she appreciates Rob for being there for her. She tries to kiss him, but Rob turns her down and she gets angry because she thought he cared for her.
• The medical records for ALL the Devlin’s come back from the lab and they are all in perfectly good health.
• Andrews receives an interesting phone call that Rob and Sam listen in on: it’s Sam’s uncle telling Andrews to not talk to the police without a lawyer and that he would take care of the details. Sam is shocked and when he takes it to O’Kelly, he tells him to erase it and cover it up. Sam is torn over what to