![]() ![]() ![]() Like the war itself, what happens between the two friends one summer robs these guys and their world of their innocence. Phineas is a reckless athlete who is attractive and taunts others. Gene is an introverted, lonely intellectual. The novel takes place in a fictional preparatory. A Separate Peace is a horrific and brilliant fable about the dark side of adolescence set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II. In this class students will read, explore and compare a classic novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Gene Forrester is a student at Devon and drives much of the story’s plot through his intimidation of his best friend Finny. A Separate Peace has been a bestseller in the United States for nearly thirty years, and it is ageless in its depiction of youth during a time when the entire country was losing its innocence to World War II. A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, takes place at Devon, a preparatory school in New Hampshire, during the 1940’s. ![]() Looking back to his youth, the adult Gene Forrester reflects on his life as a student at Devon School in New Hampshire in 1942. ![]() It recalls with psychological insight the maturing of a 16-year-old student at a New England preparatory school during World War II. PBS's The Great American Read named it one of America's best-loved novels. A Separate Peace, novel by John Knowles, published in 1959. ![]()
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