Wendell Phillips

Annotated Bibliography Weaver, J. Denny. "Owen Meany as atonement figure: how he saves." Christianity and Literature, vol. 60, no. 4, 2011, p. 613+. Academic OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=21246_web&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA272444893&it=r&asid=8496c9a6a1d065cc890218f105807504. Accessed 30 Sept. 2017. Summary: The novel leaves readers with a quandary, Haynes writes, that resonates with a deep question faced eventually by everyone: How shall I respond to claims that God speaks directly to

Symbolism is often shown in John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany through recurring topics such as armlessness. From Owen amputating the armadillos claws, to Owen being obsessed with amputations in general, this topic foreshadows Owen’s death, and helps build the theme of destiny and fate. Irving uses armlessness to symbolize helplessness and loss of something very important to a person. At the start of the novel, after Owen’s foul ball killed Tabitha, John gives Owen his armadillo to show Owen

John Knowles, “A Separate Peace”, New York City, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959 It is often we read of the war stories, emotions, and struggles of soldiers serving their country in World War II. In contrast, John Knowles’ A Separate Peace offers the perspective of 16 year old Gene Forrester, a student at a preparatory private school during the years of World War II. Unique in the way of a pure display of emotion, A Separate Peace begins with Gene traveling back to his high school to admire

How many people are willing to practice their own death? Not many, right? It sounds strange, but one person in particular was eager to do just that—Owen Meany. In John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany, Owen makes many sacrifices, his biggest sacrifice being his own life. In the beginning of the novel, Owen comes across as slightly different with his minuscule size and high pitched voice, but as the novel progresses and Owen ages, his inhuman qualities become more and more prevalent, eventually leading

John Knowles wrote A Separate Peace in 1959, introducing readers to a new perspective to World War II in a harrowing and luminous way. He places the two main characters, Gene Forrester, and his friend, Phineas at an all-boys academy called Devon at the time of World War II, introducing themes of identity, warfare, and friendship.     Knowles sets the theme of identity before Gene pushes Phineas off the tree by introducing the personalities of both Gene and Phineas. Phineas is, “the best athlete

Everybody friendships start out with figuring out their differences. The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles he uses foreshadowing, flashback, and allusion to capture the foils of the best friends Gene and Finny and they are the total opposites, but somehow they make their friendships work out. Gene is the narrator and tells his story by coming back to the Devon school fifteen years later by having a flashback of the memories as told in the novel. To list a few of their opposites are that they

The novel Separate Peace written by John Knowles shows a friendship between two boys who attend Devon School, in New Hampshire, named Finny and Gene. Finny and Gene meet through attending Devon School, and are roommates there. They have quite a complicated friendship. Gene is a boy who didn’t break rules, not into sports very much, always aced his tests, and all around an extremely smart guy. Finny on the other hand was rebellious, daredevil, very athletic, plays by his own rules kind-of-guy. From

Gene and Finny become great friends while they attend Devon School in the book A Separate Peace. Gene and Finny become great friends despite their many differences.Finny is way more athletic than Gene is. Gene cares much more about school than Phineas does. According to the book Finny is a horrible rule breaker, but Gene is an amazing rule follower. Gene and Finny are different that each other because their attitudes are completely different than each other’s towards sports, their school, and the

A Separate Peace by John Knowles, introduces the story of Genes’ arduous struggle to adulthood during a time when the U.S. is experiencing World War I, Gene constantly lashes at himself for his incompetence to understand his adolescent feelings and excel like his honest and capable best friend, Phineas or nicknamed Finny. Furthermore, Gene avoids confronting his fears in hope to maintain his childlike happiness at school in conformity, but no doubt, I believe; growth comes only from strife and struggle

Keep your Friends Close and your Enemies Closer Set in 1942 during World War II, A Separate Peace by John Knowles deals with the hostility between two best friends, Gene and Finny. Gene is a decent athlete, and an extremely smart student. Finny, on the hand, is an extremely capable athlete, but an average student. While the World War II is happening somewhere far from Devon, a personal war driven by envy and jealousy is diverging their friendship. What started as a friendly competition between the