1. A Separate Peace By: Jeremy Tombs, Angel Ortiz, Shannon DesRoschers, Ming Wu, Courtney Campbell

2. Themes True friends shouldn’t try to beat out each other and instead try to accept who they are. Accepting your own weaknesses “You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving for yourselves alone.” (p. 53) Being dishonest will only bring bad outcomes Begin to act differently Nearly ruined Finny and Gene’s friends Jealousy brings out the worst in each other. Finny was always better than Gene in everything. Begin to feel like you’re not good enough Making bad decisions

3. Character Growth/Maturation After Finny’s fall, Gene changes maturely and develops in the book. Realizing his part in Finny’s life by taking care of him when he was ill, Gene strengthens him and Finny’s relationship. Gene had thought that they were enemies in the beginning; unfortunately, he was incorrect. Finny, being his roommate, was actually his best friend.

4. Conflicts Internal- Jealousy of Finny (how Finny is popular, athletic, and never gets in trouble) External- War; Leper went AWOL and told about Gene pushing Finny off the tree

5. Literary Devices of Importance The boys’ Separate Peace is a symbol because they lived a separate intense life at the Devon school and at age 16 they were envied by children and adults. Finny also used Separate Peace by trying not to believe in war and living a happy, carefree life.

6. Idea of Death This book took place during World War II, which scares the characters like Finny and Gene into wanting to avoid being drafted, because they would end up on the front lines of the battle.