A Separate Peace is broken up into three separate periods; before World War II, During World War II, and after World War II. It is in …show more content…
Leper Lepellier represents a stringent definition of the war isolationist. He does this by keeping mostly to himself and not participating in-group activities. This can be seen as Leper having a traditional outlook on life. ""¦a soft-spoken, nature-loving boy, with an old soul"¦"(Http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/richardiii.com Jansen 2 ). This is evident in Leper 's absence in many of the boy 's activities. "He knew that the boys at Devon were not always very reliable, and certainly he didn 't want to take the risk of trying to be friends with them. That could mean being let down, and leper wouldn 't be able to handle that " (http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/1507.html). As the author of the book, A Separate Peace: The War Within, Hallman Bell Bryant states, "On the day that gene and two-hundred classmates volunteer to shovel snow off the main Railroad tracks, everyone