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…A Separate Peace A Separate Peace by John Knowles describes what it is like for two young boys to go through a challenging time of battle, World War II, and how the war reflected on them. The two best friends, Gene and Phineas (Finny), attend Devon…

…IN SERCH OF PEACE What the world needs today is a civilization based on love and compassion, and not on competition. A civilization that is not dying to be victorious, but which is keen to live with peace. Nowadays terrorism, war and human killing…

…The Missing Peace The original Americans which were the Native Americans like all human communities, were people of both peace and war. These text however shows the battles of the Native Americans the victories as well as their defeats…

…Nathan Gourley Pd2 4/25/00 In John Knowles book A Separate Peace he communicates how the war in him was taking its toll on him. He uses the characters in a complicated plot to show the destructive forces of war. The characters, Gene…

…at the Paris conference. At the end of the war, many people looked to Wilson to restore peace and prosperity for Europe. Wilson responded by developing his famous fourteen point plan for peace, justice, and self-determination in Europe. The first thirteen points…

…How many of you would be willing to serve your country and the cause of peace by living in and workin g in developing countries? President Kennedy asked that very question to 10,000 students at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor on October 14, 1960…

…Each book has its own focal point. This event or situation allows the book to become more developed and forces the characters to react to it. A Separate Peace has one clear central issue: World War II. Every event in this book happens as a result…

…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…

…is not in the novel. The crucial thing for the readers is to know how deeply the war has affected Devon. Therfore, Gene, who was the narrator of the story, described the two rivers, the Devon and Naguamsett. The Devon River symbolized peace because…

…of portraying life during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. The story takes places in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the Devon School. It opens during the summer of 1942. In A Separate Peace, the main character, Gene, starts to feel as though him…