Реферат: Notes For A Separate Peace Essay Research

War II, which is raging across the ocean. Because many of the

regular workers at Devon are off fighting in the war, the students

have the extra burden of doing manual labor around the campus.

Additionally, many students are beginning to leave school to enlist.

Gene thinks about the war constantly. Then the war begins to

invade the peaceful environs of Devon. Leper, a fellow student

who devotes himself to butterflies, birds, and beavers, enlists in the

army. Unable to take the pressures of army life and fighting, Leper

becomes psychotic. When Gene goes to visit him, he grows fearful

that his own personal war will cause his own insanity.

Finny admits that he refuses to think about the war since he cannot

participate in it because he is crippled. Gene is a bit envious of

Finny, for he has no decision to make about enlisting in the army.

He will be able to retain his own separate peace. But then Brinker

shatters the peace for both Finny and Gene. Suspecting foul play in

Finny’s accident, he organizes a student trial to investigate what

has really happened. Gene and Finny are led to the assembly room

in the First Building. The assembled students begin to question

Finny about what happened in the tree. Gene quickly realizes that

he is being accused of causing the accident. Finny, finally

understanding the truth, leaves the room in a confused state of

mind. He falls on the slippery stairs and breaks his crippled leg

again.

When Gene goes to visit Finny, he finds that his friend has

changed, seeming totally indifferent to life. He then, however,

begins to question Gene about why he caused the accident. He asks

whether it was an act of blind impulse or of personal hatred. Gene,

tongue-tied with guilt, has trouble responding, but tries to convince

him he has no personal hatred. Later in the day Finny dies of