Category: A Separate Peace

This summer all incoming freshmen were asked to read the book A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Although this book would not be a book of my choice I did enjoy reading it for the interestingly developed plot, and intriguing characters that deal with real-life problems. The main character Gene goes through a period where…

Author John Knowles uses the narrators point of view to describe the way he feels about his friend. The novel by John Knowles A Separate Peace shows the readers a complicated relationship between two friends and how their relationship is affected due to envy. By applying psychological criticism to A Separate Peace by John Knowles,…

Everyday young adults are becoming mature due to the different experiences they go through. Some moments in these teens’ lives, they will need to take responsibility for their own mistakes. In the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles shows Gene not accepting not taking responsibility for his actions which leads to other consequences. When…

There are people from all over the world who live their life entirely in denial, unable to see what is right in front of them. They try to keep their innocence for their whole lives in order to not see the real world around them. In John Knowless novel, A Separate Peace, one of the…

Realizing betrayal can be one of the hardest things for a person to do. People are sensitive and often attempt to hide things from themselves and avoid uncovering the truth about those situations in order to evade the pain that comes with that recognition. In John Knowles novel A Separate Peace an inherent flaw of…

A Separate Peace is a novel that is a great example of life through WWII. A separate peace follows two main characters: Gene and Finny. Gene possesses a humble yet intellectual character while Finny carries himself with much confidence. The two of them become good friends starting in the summer of 1942. Gene soon becomes…

A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, is a novel that explores the mind of a boy, Gene Forrester, during World War II. Gene has a friend, Finny, whom Gene has a very complicated relationship with. They both attend the prestigious Devon School, which is a boarding school in New Hampshire. This essay will explore…

This time he wasn’t going to get away with it. I could feel myself becoming unexpectedly excited at that’ (Knowles 27). Gene lacks self-confidence and is an introvert and a follower. He does not have his best friend Phineas’ witty personality, athleticism, and leadership traits. Researching adolescent ego is important to the character development of…

War. When the word is said, what immediately comes to ones mind is a battlefield; blaring guns, generals screaming orders as planes roar overhead, with soldiers watching as their comrades have unimaginably gruesome deaths. The same is expected for a novel about war. The main character is enlisted and goes through all of the aforementioned…