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…What is meant by the title of the book? Focus on the symbolic meaning. John Knowles’s A Separate Peace tells a story of growing up fueled by the impulsing emotions of adolescents that burst from the seams of friendship, envy, violence, and hatred…

…A Seperate Peace-Finny How Things Change In the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a boy named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in order to find an inner peace. While attending the private boys' school during the second…

…, the expression “necessary means” stands for the use of force11. The line between war and peace had been drawn and it is henceforth up to Saddam Hussain to choose. As such, the Gulf War may appear as “the most legal war ever seen since 1945”12. It is truly a “war…

…, struggle, attack, and combat. Some antonyms of the word war are: peace, agree, harmonize, make peace, make up, reconcile compromise, cooperate, and surrender. There are many different kinds of wars. There is a civil war which is a war between different…

…All throughout this novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene Forrester’s personality straddles the attributes of the two rivers. These two rivers are the Devon River and The Naguamsett. The rivers contrast each other greatly. The Devon River…

…in the African American Civil Rights movement. He knew that racism could not be ended with violent protest; on the contrary, he advocated love and peaceful means of protest. Because of his background as a minister, King inspired the African American community…

…exist and how peaceful it is in a state. While peace can be simply explained as the absence of war, it is more than the absence of war for me. Besides the absence of war, peace means to general welfare of the society in which social life is well-regulated…

…the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. It was negotiated during the Paris Peace Conference held in Versailles beginning January 18, 1919. Represented were the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy. The German Republic, which had replaced…

…In John Knowles's A Separate Peace, Gene is not the same quality character that Phineas happens to be. Gene and Phineas are best friends at the Devon School, and Gene, angry because of Phineas' athletic talent and social abilities, "jounced the limb…

…One major theme in A Separate Peace by John Knowles is appearance versus reality. There are many points where this theme makes an appearance and it is one of, if not the most, important themes throughout the book. There are specific points throughout…