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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: I first read this book in my freshman year of high school, and I have reread it about 35 times since then. It is a wonderful novel from one person's perspective on WWII and how his life with his best friend Finny was affected. I think It was wonderfully written and you really feel like you are there, living your life with Gene at his school in New Hampshire. I think it is great how the author expresses all of Gene's feelings about what is going on and what happens. I would recommend this book to everyone, it was a great book, and by far my favorite. But, the first time you read it make sure no one tells you what happens because as you grow attatched to characters it is disappointing to find out before you read it that they live or an outcome you want doesn't happen, or whatever. It sort of ruins it if you know the ending, but it still is a good book if you know the ending because it is interesting to find out how these events come to pass.
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Summary: An Unexpected Novel
Review: A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a classic about two friends, Finny and Gene, who live at a boarding school during World War II. An instant classic, John Knowles takes the reader into a place that few have been to, inside the mind of an insecure adolescent, and lets the reader experience emotions that s/he might not in their day to day lives. A Separate Peace also explores how the common insecurities of a person might send him or her into a pit of evil that s/he might never recover from. Using well-developed characters and a plot that most anybody can relate to in some way, John Knowles makes A Separate Peace a novel that everybody should read. Normally, I won't go near a book if there isn't some sort of war or mass violence throughout the book. So when told to read A Separate Peace as an assignment, I was naturally reluctant to do so. I did enjoy reading this novel, once I got into it, despite the fact that it started off fairly slowly and there were points where putting it down was like relieving myself of a heavy weight on my shoulders. I soon realized that all of the boring and seemingly useless descriptions actually played a major role as the plot progressed and could not be ignored. Living at boarding school, I can personally relate to some of the emotions Gene feels through the book. After a while, I could not put the book down at all, and finished reading far ahead of when I was assigned to be finished reading. I do intend to go back and read this again when I have the time. A perfect novel for rainy days, summer nights or just when one has the free time, A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a classic for generations to come.
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Summary: A Separate Peace Review
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading A Separate Peace for many reasons. One of which was that I could relate to the book because I go to boarding school and am faced with some of the same challenges as the two boys. I thought that the book described the lives and the obstacles of Gene and Finny in a way that most readers would be able to understand and in some ways relate to. Most people have known someone that resembled Gene or Finny in some way. I thought that John Knowles used this important element to emphasize the reality of the book. A Separate Peace was a well written and easily read book that I would recommend to all ages.
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Summary: REVIEW ON "A SEPARATE PEACE"
Review: A Separate Peace is about a strong relationship between two friends that seem to forgive and get along with each other during the good and bad times. This book takes place in a New England boarding school during World War II. In a Separate Peace, Knowles created a character by the name of Finny, which is the best of best friend there can possibly be. Finny and Gene are best friends, and they face many hardships and tough decisions throughout the course of the book. Finny is the more outgoing and athletic character and Gene is more of a nerd. At times, Gene envies Finny and one day wishes that for once Finny got caught pulling those senseless stunts of his. Gene also shows a tremendous amount of jealousy throughout the book. The fact that Finny forgave Gene for purposely pushing him out of the tree because of jealousy should tell you a whole lot about this kids character. Knowles did a good job on keeping me hooked onto this book.
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Summary: A Separate Peace Gives You a Piece of Mind
Review: This book has the potential to change something within each of us. It explores the dark recesses of Gene's mind and his ambivolent relationship with Finny. We discover that all of our friendships are victim to this type of hatred and love. This novel has taken a part of me forever and given me the strength to find piece of mind in my life.
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Summary: Amazing...a wonderful book!
Review: I first had to read this book for my honors english class. At first, I thought it was a real drag, but as I got in to it, the book became a wonderful piece of literature. Not only is the story wonderful, but the symbolism is magnificent. It is a great book for any age. I enjoyed it immensly.
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Summary: A Seperate Peace
Review: John Knowles discusses adolescence and friendship in a way I have never seen before, this book has truly a had a positive impact on me.
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Summary: chew is good
Review: I have enjoyed the novel A Separate Peace because it has been very influential in teaching me how to live my life. The characters in the novel taught me how to live a day at a time. For example, the character Brinker was a popular and well-rounded student until he started to worry about the war that was going on outside of their school. Once he let the war get to him, he started to live the life of men involved in the war, instead of living his own. I have learned from Brinker that in life things happen, but that you should not get so caught up in other people's lives so that it affects your own. Brinker lost the abiltity to live in the real world and gained it back in the end of the book. Another character, Phineas, has the ability to live life to the fullest even after shattering his leg. Breaking his leg, due to a fault of his good friend, and losing the ability to play sports, would be hard for a person to cope with. Phineas, using his strong will, was able to overcome his disability which stole from him his atheletic ability, the one thing that Phineas was good at in life. His ability to be strong and deal with hardships has taught me not to let little things bother me, and to remind me that I am privileged to have what I have. Dealing with the hardships of life is the most important thing I took from this novel
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Summary: A solid novel, could be better
Review: January 18, 2000The book A Separate Peace was an interesting story about life at boarding school. Though in general it was a readable book, it lacked a plot and a point or obvious morals that seem to make up most books like this. The best part of this book is that it shows the life and times of a boy in school away from his parents. I actually enjoyed the beginning because Knowles described what went on at such a school in the summer; I have experienced a similar situation myself. I would not recommend this book to you if you are someone who cannot relate to it or if you prefer stories with big, complex plots and lots of action. Certain parts of the story were annoying and unexplained. For example, the main part of the story happened in an unexplained second in which Gene jounced a limb and made Finny fall. The reader didn't even know what was happening at this point of the story. To conclude, I believe this book to be a good, solid, well-written novel. Though I would have explained the book a little more, Knowles does a good job overall in making A Separate Peace a memorable classic.
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Summary: A Seperate Peace
Review: 1/18/00 A Separate Peace was an incredibly well-written novel by John Knowles. I read it in school, and it was the only book that I liked. It was very detailed with lots of events. This 200-page-long novel is mainly focused on changes in a relationship between two close friends at a boarding school. I had gone through many similar situations before, so I enjoyed reading it. However, those of you who like lots of action and violence may not enjoy this book. The reason I like this book is that I liked Finny so much. He always stayed balanced and never disappointed himself. That is a characteristic that I desire to have. Also since this book is about friendship, it really made me think about my friends; it left me with the question: ¡°Is my friend a true friend? Or is he just pretending to be a true friend?¡± If you have lots of friends, I¡¯d highly recommend that you read A Separate Peace.
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