A Separate Peace
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A Separate Peace
by Authors:
John Knowles
Released: 30 September, 2003
ISBN: 0743253973
Paperback
Sales Rank: 5,601
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Customer Review #1:
 A Great Book
For my 10th grade English class we were assigned to read A Separate Peace. I was not too thrilled about reading but I did the assignment anyway. I was so surprised when I started reading the book. It was one of the best books I have ever read. The story is about two boys, Gene and Finny, who attend Devon boarding school and they are the best of friends. Finny is athletic, handsome, and popular. Gene on the other hand is not so athletic, and not so popular. Gene and Finny are attempting to jump of a tree when Finny suddenly falls off and breaks his leg, wrecking his athletic career. They have a mock trial and Gene is convicted of making the limb jounce and knocking Finny out of the tree. Finny storms out of the room refusing to believe his best friend would do that to him and falls down the stairs re-breaking his leg. I liked the book because it was two different people brought together by their differences. They took the differences and tried to outdo each other. Knowles makes it quite obvious that Finny was jealous of Genes intelligence and Gene was jealous of Finnys talent and charm. John Knowles uses really good description and the symbolism in the book is really great but at times is complicated to understand. I highly recommend this classic to anybody.
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Customer Review #2:
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace by John Knowles is based during World War II in New england. If you cant interperate literature, this book may not be for you. If you are good at reading between the lines there is abetter chance of you enjoying this book. It is about two teenagers, Gene and Finny, who are good friends. However, an extreme jealousy between the two holds back their friendship. Literal level readers may be bored by the lack of action, there is not an overwhelming amount of activity in the 196 page novel. You will find a plethora of themes and connections to life and human nature in this novel. Because of its war setting, there is an omnipresent war theme. Nature plays a large part as well as Biblical meaning and loss of innocence. A Separate Peace is full of universal refererances. The literature is supposed to teach all of the human race more about both ourselves and others. Characterization is done particularly well in the book. War has a double meaning as Gene takes on the role of human nature and the basic feelings and instincts of all people. Phineas is the "perfect" world that everyone would like to live in. there appears to be a character to cover the entire diverse world. Imagery may be another reason to read A Separate Peace. You will like the personification, war imagery, and the theme of nature that is brought out in the book. Overall, John Knowles has put together a nice example of very relevant literature in A Separate Peace. The only drawbacks would be in the sometimes difficult messages and occasionally low suspense parts in the novel. It also has a slightly slow beginning. In general, I would recommend reading this novel to readers of all age groups.
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Customer Review #3:
The loss of innocense - the dawn of war
John Knowles captures the loss of innocense in his "A Separate Peace." Set on the eve of a larger conflict overseas in World War II, the book is a stream of consciousness writing, as the narrator reflects after the war the incidents at Devon that were a sort of rites of passage for him into adulthood.But A Separate Peace also reveals the deep twists of an unusual friendship between a scholar and an athlete. Their bond and the betrayal that follows. It is a moving drama on a human scale, the climax and conclusion being most unexpected, but reminicent of the tragedy of war, not the resoluution of Peace. For looking at the youth that will fight the war, rather than the war itself, the author details the peace found between friends that will have to recreated on the battlefield. An agonizing book, it will live in your heart long after you have read the last page.
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