A Separate Peace

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Summary: uh please
Review: I had to read this for english and let me tell you, i didn't like it. The kid Gene becomes so paranoid, and I didn't understand half the things that went through his head. The charcters were strange, especially Gene. ZFinny was your typical great at sports guy, but he got on my nerves too. It's an okay book, but i don't recomend reading it unless you have to.

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Summary: I loved it.
Review: I really enjoyed this book from cover to cover. It was an assigned read for my English class, so I had some guidance through the symbolism, which was very helpful. Most of this symbolism and foreshadowing was acheived through the details, so to any future readers, be sure not to skim it over. The relationship between Gene and Phineas was one that i could relate very well to my own life and my own experiences even though i was not alive during WWII. Although I think guys would get even more from it than girls would, I still learned many lessons from this book and would recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: MUST Read For All Young Men
Review: As I read this book for the second time, the first being in high school, I found again the love I had for the book. The author creates characters that you can associate with. I find a part of myself in all of them, yet you will find yourself in Gene's position. You will hate yourself, understand yourself better, and potentially dislike Gene. But in the end, you cannot put the book down, and when you finish it, you will hold a loyalty for it in your heart.

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Summary: Easy to see why it's a classic. . .
Review: The novel is really a genius work of art. There is so much symbolism crammed into this book. I love the way it is told from the teenage perspective with all it's cynicism, ignorance, and innocence at the same time. To tell you the truth, the novel that "A Separate Peace" really reminds me of is J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye." I think that connection has been made numerous times and I can understand why. Anyone who has read "Catcher in the Rye" and enjoyed it will certainly enjoy this novel. I have to say that in the aspect of the plot, I did not enjoy it that much and I have to agree with another reviewer that stated that this novel was for boys. On a deeper, more symbollic level, however, everything that is written in this book just fits perfectly to create the message that John Knowles is trying to convey and I appreciate it more on that level. I still personally think that although it wasn't the most enjoyable of reads, that it is a book worth reading anyway.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I don't know, I really enjoyed this book. I guess some books are for boys and some are for girls, this one is truly for boys. Although, if you are in bargain for a great read, you should read this one, regardless. Maybe it's because this book just spoke to me, for some reason, and that's why I like it, I don't know. I truly suggest it.

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Summary: A Classic Work Of Tedium
Review: This is, quite honestly, the most boring book I have ever read. The author's writing ability is nowhere near even reasonable and the plot is practically nonexistant. I had to read this book 4 years ago when I was in high school and have loathed this work ever since. I highly reccomend that no one should ever buy this book and if anyone has it, they should throw it away.

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Summary: GB's take on A Separate Peace
Review: I believe A Separate Peace is a good book because it depicts actions that are true in real life. We all have a friend or someone we are really close to like Finny, who is a little better at things than we are and we get somewhat jealous. I don't believe in taking Gene's violent actions but it's something we've all wanted to do sometime. The book takes place during WWII but the main battle is in Gene's heart. Gene has to live with the guilt of ruining his best friend's, Finny, athletic carreer. The conflict going through Gene's mind is tell or don't tell Finny what he did to him. Gene was eager to enlist into the war but he decided not to. I believe that is one of the main themes of the book. When there is a conflict in your heart with a loved one, all other conflicts are blind to you at the time. You can't take off for another battle when you haven't finished the one you're already in. It is good book for you and your close friends to read and discuss.

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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: Ramiro&Mario OF Dino's class
Review: I think A separate peace is a very good novel. What John Knowles did on these book was portrait the life of two young boys on school with very very different kinds of characters and traits and how because of that the envy and the bad feelings grow from one to the other, making him fall from a tree and causing him not to practice sports anymore(which were what he liked the most). The point of the story , I think, is to show us the real significate of friendship and how is can be ruined when envy and jealousness comes between.

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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.