In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, one of the main characters, Phineas, refused to face reality having both negative and positive consequences. As students at an upper-class private school, in New England, Devon, Phineas and his best friend Gene were both sheltered from World War II and other current events. But when Phineas returns to school after having shattered his leg, he finds himself alone in an alternate reality. He becomes withdrawn from his friends and from sports and from any real acceptance of the world around him, leading to negative consequences. Phineas refus
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