A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace by John Knowls Is a classic struggle of man vs. himself and man vs. society. Taking place as a flashback, the narrator Gene Forrester tells of his struggles as a prep school student in the years of his life between age 16, and 17 during the period of WWII. Although Gene Forester the narrator and Finny an athletic roommate are best friends, they have to contrasting struggles. Like the garden of Eden the first few chapters express the peacefulness of the summer at the Private school in New England and the land beneath the forbidden tree. Like the Book Billy Budd by Herman Melville, A Separate Peace identifies some of the characters as innocent t
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Gene Forrester, Leper Leper, Gene Forester, Finny Gene, Separate Peace, John Knowls, finny gene, separate peace, gene forrester, tree book,
Approximate Word count = 446
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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