Analysis Of ' Peace And ' By Schumacher Writes

People are colliding into battles continuously around the globe. It's not always a physical brawl between two armed forces but it also occur mentally and emotionally. On page 139 of A Separate Peace, a quote was mentioned by Gene, "...because it seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and theirs special stupidities but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart..." This quote can relate to the novel, a personal experience and another literary work.

Nowadays, money can make most everything happens. People run after money because they think money can give them better life. It is true that we need money to support our life. However, we need to remember that once we have a good quality of life, we should use our extra money to benefit those who have need instead of keep money in our pocket. We need to remember that God rewards us with succeed is because he wants us to take care of our brothers. In addition, if we pursue over luxury life, we will end up being controlled by money.

In chapter 11 of A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, Gene is back from Leper’s and wants to see Finny. Gene sees that Finny is in a snowball fight and Gene joins in when Finny hits him with a snowball. Later that night Brinker asks about Leper, Gene decided to tell both Finny and Gene that Leper has gone crazy. Finny admits that there really is war going on if Leper is so affected by it that he has gone crazy. At 10:05 pm that night Brinker and some others want to take Finny and Gene somewhere. They are both confused since it is after hours. Brinker takes them to the Assembly Room where he has taken it upon himself to investigate what really happened in that tree the day of Finny’s accident. Finny and Gene do not want to be in this situation

"Your surroundings may change but your essence and your personality pretty much stay the same" (Dewan). The setting of the novel A Separate Peace is at an all boys school located in New Hampshire. The characters and plot are finely woven into the fabric of this institution. However, would events in this novel turn out differently if the story was set in a public high school, with a diverse environment? The characters and plot of A Separate Peace are not solely driven by their surroundings because the boys would still break the rules, Gene would have internal conflicts, and the war would affect the students.

Literary allegories correlate an author’s body of work to a greater known archetype, usually in pursuit of connecting certain ethics to the reader. A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, is an admirable example of this approach. Knowles applies tales from the biblical book of Genesis into his narrative of two friends attending an elite preparatory school. More specifically, the stories of Cain and Abel, plus Adam and Eve, are in reference. The lessons and morals that are being displayed within these stories are present alongside situational elements undergone by the main characters, Gene and Finny.

In the story called A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a boy called Gene caused the accident of his best friend because of jealousy. Later in the story, Gene starts to feel guilt because he made the life of his friend complicated. Is friend called Phineas, isn’t able to enjoy things that he likes because his best friend caused the fracture of his leg, but he doesn’t know that he isn’t able to enjoy the things that he likes because of Gene. Later in the story, Gene tells Finny that what happened to him is his Gene’s fault. Finny doesn’t blame his friend, and forgives him, but later in the story, he fell down the stairs were him and all of his friends were being interrogated by Brinker to find out if Gene was guilty of what happened to Finny.

In the novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the novel tells us that the harsh realities of life affect everyone. The main characters Finny, Gene, and Leper are all affected by these bitter realities. All of these boys are trying to enjoy the rest of their childhood before they are either enlisted or drafted into the military (FINISH)

In chapters six and seven of the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, The Devon River symbolizes the familiar; relaxing and playing with Gene in the summer, while the Naguamsett represents the unknown and undiscovered. As Gene recollects,

I picked this passage because what is a family if siblings don’t fight. Jude said this to Noah after he blurted out that she was jealous. Jude was but not because Noah and their mother had a stronger bond, but because her mother didn’t look at her drawings and like Noah’s a lot. This novel worked so well with my theme with the twins fighting the parents not knowing what’s going on but hurting the situation more because they don’t love each other like they use

A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, is a classic “coming of age novel” (A Scribner Reading Group Guide) . It is best known for being Knowles’ most famous work and a popular reading selection in most high schools across the nation. As the story takes place during the treacherous World War II, the Devon school and the boys attending struggle with maintaining their innocence and beliefs. This is evident in the novel’s most lively character, Phineas, better known as Finny. Finny is an unaffected, big-hearted, athletic sixteen year old boy.

In A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, Leper’s dining room is portrayed as rigid and emotionless this conveys the lack of nurturing within his family which draws him to go to boarding school, and later enlist in the army. Gene visits Leper’s home in snowy Vermont where Leper has sought refuge after running away from training camp. Immediately after Gene arrives, Leper invites him into the dining room. John Knowles illustrates it as “ under-furnished dining room of high-backed chairs, rugless floor, and cold fireplace,” (Knowles 141). The dining room seems apathetic.

The inspiring, yet candid tale of A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, insight readers on a journey of transpiring from adolescence, in the perspective of a sixteen-year old Gene Forrester, who is growing up in a time of war. However, the classic novel ultimately reveals how Gene has to deal with the worst evil of all, which resides within him, and eventually learns to abandon his guilt and find an individualistic peace in order to face reality and grow up. By enduring the aftermath of the accident that ineffably changes Gene’s life into one of turmoil, facing the truth during Brinker’s interrogation, and making amends with himself and Finny, all emphasize the truth that the dark side of human nature should not be feared, but accepted as the natural element that resides within us all.

Leper’s hiding in nature shows he is not ready for adulthood, whereas the boys are eager to help the war effort showing their progression out of adolescence. Within the book A Separate Peace, there are many instances that show Leper as an outcast from the other boys at Devon School. While Leper is alone exploring the woods, all the boys are out shoveling on the railroad tracks for the soldiers fighting in the war. Gene and the boys are hard at work, which allows the reader to identify the theme loss of innocence. “I turned and trudged off to help shovel.” (96) The boys care about their future and look forward to becoming adults. Instead of having fun as teenagers, they are “labored away,” with hard tasks. (96) Leper says to Gene, “Well, I’m not going anywhere,” which helps the reader establish that Leper doesn’t

A Separate Peace is a compelling realistic fiction novel that takes place during World War 2. John Knowles set the story in Devon Boarding School about the relationship between two schoolboys, Gene and Finny. After close reading the book, Knowles suggests a major developing theme; “when you are over dependent on someone, you often lose your identity”

We all have heard the phrase “money can’t buy you happiness.” That phrase is a lie because mostly everything in today’s society revolves around money. The things people like revolve around money too. What a coincidence? Let’s say a person is upset so they go buy their favorite ice cream because they know it will make them happy. That person had the money to invest in something that made them happy. Or on an even bigger let’s say someone has been fantasizing about a car and they finally get enough money to purchase their dream car. This person is likely to be very happy. If it was not for the money, they would not have gotten that dream car, so basically the money made them happy. The truth is money makes people happy.