John Knowles

in the Devon School of Prep. The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles is mostly about a boy, Gene, who is receiving his education and learning about how to become a soldier to fight in the second World War. He and his best pal, Finny, are both being forced to mature and grow up before being drafted to fight, but before that even happens Gene’s jealousy gets the best of him which will threaten his friendship. Throughout the novel John Knowles uses a great deal of literary elements to help add imagery

A Separate Peace: War & Enemy Andy Nguyen ENGL 143: Writing I December 13, 2017 “Everything has to evolve or it perishes” (125). In the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the setting takes place at an all boy’s boarding school in New England called Devon, during World War II. A Separate Peace is a disturbing and life-shattering parable of the dark side of a teenager. Gene Forester is an intellectual who mainly succeeds in academics and rule-abiding. Phineas is an excellent

In his novel A Separate Peace, John Knowles demonstrates that, to achieve adulthood, one must lose innocence and acknowledge this loss.       For instance, John Knowles uses Elwin ‘Leper’ Lepellier and his time in the military to show that one must lose innocence and accept this loss to reach adulthood. Leper is, according to Gene, in “a protective cloud of vagueness” (Knowles, p. 204). This allows him to remain innocent throughout his time at the Devon School, though, after a ski troop attempts

differently, or in a more hostile manner, towards those originally thought to be close to them. Likewise in A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene begins to experience and nurture the harsh feelings of envy, towards Finny, who is thought to be Gene’s best friend. Because of this envy, Gene loses control of his relationship with Finny, and his life takes a turn for the worse. John Knowles uses both direct and indirect characterization to show the dynamic nature of Eugene Forrester, to demonstrate the theme

From juvenility to maturity, A Separate Peace combines classic American Literature with a thoughtful plot-line that is developed to affect the readers’ mind and heart. The author, John Knowles of Fairmont, West Virginia, had one clear purpose for writing this book. This purpose was to show the disastrous mental and physical problems which arise as the result of war, specifically the repercussions they have on the home front. A good lesson to learn from this book is that even a war three-thousand

going to be the strongest person in the world. Each person has a different idea on what they need to accomplish to be a success. One theme of the novel A Separate Peace is this variance in what one needs to feel pride in themselves. The author, John Knowles, develops this theme through his characters and metaphor. The two main characters, Gene and Phineas, are polar opposites in many ways, especially in their ambitions. Phineas appears to base his self worth on how others feel about him. By writing

from? Did it come from the author's life? Was it from culture? Could it be from religion? How do events and literary devices in the novel support such influences? John Knowles was influenced in many ways, biographically, culturally, and religiously, to develop the the themes of envy, harmony, maturity, and war in his novel. John Knowles was highly influenced in his writing by his early

John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, is the story of two teenage boys, Gene and Finny, and their friendship while growing into adulthood. This story takes place during World War II , at a sheltered New England all boys boarding school. The characters must find a balance in coping with the reality of the war, and trying to live out their childhood as long as possible. Knowles exemplifies how people naturally betray others due to their inner darkness, and therefore peace can ultimately never be

the first few chapters of A Separate Peace alone, Gene Forrester is John Knowles. In the first chapter, Gene is a grown man fifteen years in the future. He describes Devon School in the summer session in 1942. Devon School is rarely mentioned in the book. In A Separate Peace: The War Within the chronology states that in 1943, a year older than the book, he too went to a summer session at Exeter Academy (Bryant, xi). Knowles, too had a tree that he and other boys jumped off of, but he broke his

“Envy is ignorance; Imitation is Suicide” (Emerson 370-372). The author John Knowles, wrote the novel called “A Separate Peace”, and the story begins in 1958 but flashback to the years 1942-1943. The narrator Gene is in his early thirties, visiting the Devon school for the first time in years. He is intelligent, with a completive nature. “A Separate Peace” demonstrates the universal truth that humans can’t remain peace in their relationships with others until they are able to find inner peace with