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Summary: One of my favorite books
Review: Every once in a while, one reads a book that simply changes the way they look at life. I have heard people describe A Seperate Peace in many different ways. Many say that it is about the struggle between two friends who are completely different from eachother during WWII, but that barely scratches the surface. The book deals with those feelings that are difficult to express in words, those indecipherable feelings that are hard to identify. When it speaks of Finny, that athletic freind, saying that he feels that Gene is an extension of hiself, I felt stunned. That is a feeling I would never have been able to put my finger on. These two are extensions of eachother, they are the same person even though they are exact opposites. Sometimes friends are more than just two people, they are one. I don't want to spoil some of the other dazzling philosophies in the book, you should pick it up and read it yourself. You might find that your world has been a little more enlightened.
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Summary: Dianiel
Review: To tell you the true, I didn?t like A Separate Peace that much at
the beginning, I couldn?t understand the point of it. It wasn?t until I have to make a research paper about it that I stared to like it, and understand it. The thing I like the most of it now is the way Knowles? explores the darker side of Gene?s and Finny?s friendship. From the beginning towards its very end you can see the transformation of Gene?s feelings, from insecurity to anger, to remorse and acceptance. You can never know what really happened to those teenagers because all the tension gathered inside of them because of a WWII just about to be unleashed at any time. The book really relates to us as teenagers as we are passing through this step of our lives. A separate peace is a great book, understandable, and beautifuly written. I recommend if you really want to know what teenager problems are.
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Summary: Dianiel
Review: To tell you the true, I didn't like A Separate Peace that much at
the beginning, I couldn't understand the point of it. It wasn't until I have to make a research paper about it that I stared to like it, and understand it. The thing I like the most of it now is the way Knowles' explores the darker side of Gene's and Finny's friendship. From the beginning towards its very end you can see the transformation of Gene's feelings, from insecurity to anger, to remorse and acceptance. You can never know what really happened to those teenagers because all the tension gathered inside of them because of a WWII just about to be unleashed at any time. The book really relates to us as teenagers as we are passing through this step of our lives. A separate peace is a great book, understandable, and beautifuly written. I recommend if you really want to know what teenager problems are.
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Summary: What do you mean by "black and white?"
Review: This book is anything but black and white! Yes, I am in high school and this was required reading for me. I also admit that I found it boring at first, especially the first chapter or two. I even favored Gene over Finny for the first half of the book. But those of us who actually read to the end (ahem), would know that this is an insightful, moving, emotional novel that provokes deep sympathy from the reader. Take a hint from me and ignore all of the negative reviews about A Separate Peace that were written by high school students. Honestly, they have no idea what they're talking about.
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Summary: Review of A Separate Piece
Review: John Knowles shows his brilliance in this novel. I would come to conclude that A Separate Peace gives an excellent description on the mixture of young innocence and war. Knowles sets the picture in World War II and the author colorfully describes what life was like back in the 1950's. The author brings the reader into the world of a child becoming an adult. The novel provides a historical backdrop of World War II, where fifteen million soldiers were drafted into the military and the harshness of the young men facing conformity and danger of the US armed services. Knowles provides an insight to the enlistment, and what the recruit had to look forward to in basic training with the diversity that separates the group and the team effort needed to survive. The end of the War wasn't the end for these young men's tragedy. The boys suffered from shell shock, major injuries, and the deaths of their close friends. After reading this novel I had a greater knowledge to what kind of harsh life the people my age lived in the 50's. I recommend Knowles A Separate Peace, if you are interested in real-time drama.
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Summary: Made me laugh and cry over and over...
Review: This is such a wonderful book. It tells of more than just a story of friendship, more than just about the effects of war, more than just about a tragedy, it's about all of these and human nature on the whole.It's a wonderful and excellently well-written book, and personally, my favorite so far. It's a wonderful book on human nature and suspision and jealousy and all of the dark emotions of a person. I love the character Finny, and he is definitely one of the most idealistic and simple, yet most complicated character I've ever read (my second Catcher in the Rye's character) I personally recommend reading this to everyone.
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Summary: A Sad Story
Review: The book, A Separate Peace, was about two boys and the war. It was a sad hope of trust betrayal and hate. Finny brakes his leg when Gene pushes him out of the tree. He eventually dies. Gene learns that everyone has there own peace inside and even though every one ios different we all matter
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Summary: A Separate Peace By: John Knowles
Review: A Separate Peace
By: John Knowles This book fascinated me a lot. A Separate Peace portrays the struggle of adolescence and what young adults went through. This novel also depicts the lives of young adults who could not wait to go to World War II. Throughout the novel there is an extreme display of patriotism. Boys are having discussions about war and wanting to fight to defend for what they believe in. This story is mainly focused on these two characters, Finny and Gene. Finny is described as an out going person who creates rules to his own games. He is the type who will joke around and be really slick and get away with it but at the end trouble is calling him. Gene is the opposite of Finny. He is described as the quiet mellow person who keeps to himself and always gets good grades. Gene, later on gets jealous of Finny and this jealousy causes Finny to die from a dare to jump off a tree. I recommend this book because it shows how closest of friends envy each other and ruin friendships in an indirect matter. John Knowles wrote this book in a very well manner and the different perspectives of the relationship of Finny and Gene described in the book do occur in real life. I am sure it relates to many people and they will enjoy reading it just how I did.
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Summary: Doesn't quite make it
Review: I am a fan of classic works. I loved Catcher in the Rye and enjoyed the Great Gatsby, Ethan Frome was also fullfilling, but this book was completely boring. I am a fan of symbolism and meanfulness of life but this book didn't do it for me. I could only relate to Gene. This, i found was not a good idea after a few chapters. I guess my problem was that I didn't trust Phinny to be a good person. Whatever the reason, I plan not to read this book again.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: I know Mr. Knowles was trying to be all mysterious and intellectual, and I'm sure people will tell me that I just don't understand the meaning and the method to his madness, and the inner truth,etc. etc. But seriously how many different words can you use to describe BIG TREE or CRAZY SKITSO PARANOID GENE. I'm sorry if you all liked this book but it's just a bit much. I think the descriptions were 'nice' but there were way too many and the majority of them had nothing to do w/ the tiny bit of plot this story had. My real reaction to this book was Ugh ...I have to write an essay on this due tomorrow...
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