1. A Separate Peace
Notes – Chapter 12

2. Finny’s Fall Appears dead Gene Stands to the side
This is the first time since Finny’s return that the two are separated.

3. Gene’s Mind Creates fake scenario Things Finny would say
Shows his inability to cope
Fake happiness is better than real pain

4. Separation Made complete by Finny’s anger
Gene watches Finny fall off bed
Does not try to help
Different than before
Gene would have helped and Finny would have let him

5. Finny and War Gene establishes reality Finny = Peace
There is no place for peace in war

6. Finny’s Death Gene Can recall every event Moment frozen in time
Shows us what an ordinary day is like at Devon

7. Finny’s Death (cont’d)
Gene
Only really appreciates Finny after death
Finny was an “extension of himself”
Feels like it was his own funeral
Finny
Victim of Gene’s war