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A Separate Peace John Knowles ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊

A Separate Peace A Separate Peace is a classic story of a young man’s emergence from adolescence. The novel is somewhat autobiographical, as it is based on Knowles’s own experiences as a student at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire during World War II. John Knowles

Character List Gene Forrester is the novel's narrator, and he tells the story as a flashback, reflecting on his days at the Devon School from the vantage point of adulthood. Finny energetic and vibrant, Finny is a tremendous athlete; friendly and verbally adroit, he is able to talk his way out of any situation. Brinker Hadley is, in many ways, a foil to Finny. Also charismatic and a leader of the Devon boys, Brinker wields a power comparable but opposite to Finny's. Elwin “Leper” Lepellier is a quiet, peaceful, nature-loving boy.

One is a creative and expressive force, “a germ of wildness” Internal Conflicts According to Knowles, the major concern of the novel is to expose and explore the 2 conflicting psychological forces within the “American Character”: One is a creative and expressive force, “a germ of wildness” The other, is a more conservative force that identifies with established institutions such as governments, academic settings, and accepted values. In ASP this conflict is symbolically represented in the personalities of the 2 main characters. Gene Forrester, the narrator, is “the cautious Protestant” who is both attracted to an d frightened by the “germ of wildness” he sees in the powerful personality of his roommate, Phineas. Over time, each boy acquires traits from the other. Although the focus of the novel is on Gene’s resolution of his conflicts with Phineas, it is apparent that Phineas also achieves a “separate peace.”

External Conflicts The most important aspect of the novel’s background is WWII and its impact on the lives of young Americans. World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945. ASP is set during the years 1942 and 1943, when it seemed that the fighting might continue indefinitely. World War II resulted from the threat of aggressive expansion in Europe by Germany and in the Pacific by Japan. Upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, America finally declared war in both Europe and the Pacific. By 1942, the year in which ASP is set, Germany had overrun Norway, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands in the west, and had thrust deep into Russia in the east. During the period covered by the novel, the US was just beginning to make its presence felt by joining British bombers in air attacks over Germany. The final phase of the European war began on June 6, 1994, when the allies announced a massive invasion of Normandy. After intense fighting across the European continent, the war ended Europe on May 8, 1945; the Japanese surrendered some four months later. The virtual certainty of young men being drafted into a bloody war upon graduation from school informs the background of A Separate Peace. The United States drafted more than ten million men for service in World War II; of these, more than five hundred thousand were killed or wounded. Students nearing graduation-like Gene, Finny, and Brinker-knew they would face the draft very soon. Some students sought to avoid dangerous service in the infantry by volunteering for special programs before being called-for example, Leper Lepellier’s enlistment in the ski troops and the plans Gene and Brinker discuss in Chapter 13.

External Conflicts Another important item in the story’s cultural background is its setting – a private preparatory school modeled on Phillips Exeter and similar institutions in New England traditionally prepared an elite group of young men for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other Ivy League colleges. Privileged by wealth and family connections, their students joined exclusive clubs in college and then took places reserved for them in the business world and in the highest social circles. Such New England boarding schools have been the traditional training ground for America’s aristocracy. Today most preparatory schools are coeducational, but they still provide a rigorous education for a selected few.

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1. Understanding conflict within yourself is a necessary part of growing up What kind of inner conflicts can a person feel about other people/events? How can an inner conflict be painful or frightening to recognize? Have you ever followed an impulse to do something that you later regretted? Have you ever decided not to do something that you later felt you should have done? ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊

2. Friendship grows through conflict, resolving differences, forgiveness, and accepting strengths and weaknesses of each other. Do you think a good friendship can exist without conflict? How can conflicts between friends be resolved? Do you agree that a person has to accept a friend’s weaknesses as well as strengths?

3. A person’s own insecurities may cause him or her to misinterpret a friend’s actions or words. What kind of insecurities do young people feel? How is it possible to misinterpret someone else’s actions or words in terms of your own insecurities? ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊

4. Personal joys and pains are felt more strongly than even great public events such as war. Do important public events such as local, national, or international political struggles seem to affect your personal life? Do you think the threat of war would influence the way you feel about your friends or classmates? ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊

What does it mean to “identify with” someone else? Have you ever experienced feeling so close to a friend that you shared the same thoughts? ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊

How does who you are affect what you do? And how do you know who you are? ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊