Chapter 10 Leper Gene visits Imagery- stars in window p.141 Deserts army Secretly retreats home to VT Gene visits Something wrong with Leper Pressure of army too great for him Gene doesn’t want to understand the depths of Leper’s mental torture Imagery- stars in window p.141 separateness

Chapter 10 Leper accused Gene of being They go for a walk “a savage underneath…like that time you knocked Finny out of the tree.” p.145 Accusation infuriates Gene Kicks Leper’s chair Leper giggles incoherently Gene guiltily accepts lunch w/ Leper They go for a walk Gene wishes the old Leper was back Imagery- nature Frozen wasteland Leper’s fragile mental state- cracking like ice

Chapter 11 Snowball fight- imitation of real war Gene tells Finny and Brinker about Leper Boys take news hard Reality of war set in at Devon Leper is the reminder that war can kill the mind/spirit as well as the body Brinker threatens Gene after chapel Jealous of friendship between G & F Says Gene should stop pitying Finny Resents Finny’s “charmed” life & Gene’s role as protector Brings up accident ominously- hopes by instilling fear in Gene, he can get truth

Chapter 11 Finny sees Leper on campus He believes war is real, p.163 Brinker and 3 cohorts abduct Gene and Finny Boys think it’s a prank First Academy Building- late “Here boys come to be made men” Tribunal planned Brinker- Main inquisitor Want truth about tree incident Leper in spotlight “They moved like an engine” Gene & Finny- neither able to operate alone Gene- cold, unthinking

Chapter 11 Finny’s “separate peace” is shattered Cries, runs Falls down marble stairs

Chapter 12 2nd fall Finny realizes he will never serve in war Call adults for help- doctor, wrestling coach Gene is by Finny’s side Clean break, but needs surgery Finny is angry- “You want to break something else in me?” Finny realizes he will never serve in war Wrote letters to every war department Finny in the war - p.191 To him, war would be a sport Everyone wins at sports not equipped for reality

Chapter 12 Finny dies during operation Gene didn’t cry at funeral Piece of bone marrow traveled to his heart- symbolism Gene didn’t cry at funeral You don’t cry at your own

Chapter 13 War comes to Devon Gene- navy, Brinker- coast guard Far common Parachute rigger’s school Gene- navy, Brinker- coast guard Brinker blames his father’s generation for the war “…wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.” p.201 Violence in every generation The human condition

Chapter 13 Gene iterates the idea that Phineas was different from us all No hostility or fear Can’t survive in reality Illusion of childhood = thinking world is a purely friendly place “I never killed anybody…I killed my enemy there.” p.204 Finny wasn’t the enemy Fear, violence, competition, ego The enemy was self-inflicted In a battle with himself

Last paragraph….What?? Maginot lines- historical allusion built by the French as a defense against German invasion following World War I.  The defense system was built a great expense, requiring great effort, but it did little to slow the Germans once they attacked during World War II. Our mental defenses We don’t suspect that the real enemy, our own fear and hatred, lies within us

Other important literary elements Symbolic nature of Names: Gene Forrester, Leper Illusion vs Reality examples Tone – sense of reflection, contemplative Loaded (lots of symbolism) Adult Gene is still trying to learn and grow