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A Separate Peace Chapter 10 Analysis
Jovan Ferguson Shelton
English 1102
Professor Thompson
4/2/17
A Separate Peace: Chapter 10 In this chapter, after Leper sends a telegraph which says: "I have escaped and need help. I am at Christmas location. You understand. No need to risk address here. My safety depends on you coming at once." Gene then figures out what he was to do that winter and immediately set his destination for Leper's "Christmas location," which is code for his home in Vermont. Taking a train and bus through the barren landscape of New England, Gene arrives in Leper's town the next day. With each step through the snow, he refuses to believe that Leper has abandoned the army: trying to convince himself that "escape" meant Leper was escaping from spies. As Gene approaches
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