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Analysis of A Separate Peace-

The title of the novel A Separate Peace implies many insights

which show how tranquillity existed at the Devon School; that which

occurred during a specific time period, or that of certain characters.

The Summer Session of Devon served as a peaceful interval between the

spring and fall semesters, during which Gene and Phineas found peace

within themselves.

The Summer Session was a few dozen boys being force-fed

education. The rules were not enforced strictly, if they were

enforced at all. The boys had been an idiosyncratic, leaderless

band…undirected except by the eccentric notions of Phineas.

(Knowles, 66.) During the Summer Session, Gene and Phineas were also

ineligible to be drafted into the army. They were in shaky transit

from the status of Lower Middler to Upper Middler, and were not old

enough to go to war. (Knowles, 7.) Because of their playful behavior

and their age, the boys lived a separate peace, away from rules, the

rest of the world, and the war. At the termination of the Summer

Session, Gene commented that peace had deserted Devon. (Knowles,

64.)

Another example of how a separate peace had existed at Devon

was Phineas. On page 195, Gene comments on how nothing had broken

[Finny s] harmonious and natural unity. (Knowles, 195.) The one way

in which Finny achieved and maintained his state of harmony was

denial. The most evident example was his response to the war. His view

was that there isn t any war, and the whole situation was invented

by fat old men in attempt to keep the kids in line. (Knowles, 107.)

His reaction was caused by the fact that he happened to be injured,

and unable to participate. Finny s way in establishing a separate

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