2. A Separate Peace Chapter 1: Recap Frame Story-stories within a story Frame Story-stories within a story –Outer frame: He’s visiting the school fifteen years after attending. –Inner frame: He’s an upper middler at the school at the beginning of WWII. Flashback—looking back and telling stories of past experiences. Flashback—looking back and telling stories of past experiences. –During his visit to the school fifteen years after attending, he is flashing back to the summer of 1942 and the events that took place that summer.

3. Setting—when and where a story takes place. Setting—when and where a story takes place. –The Devon School –1942-1943 –New Hamshire Foreshadowing—clues the author gives to help us predict things that will happen later in the novel. Foreshadowing—clues the author gives to help us predict things that will happen later in the novel. Characters Characters –Gene; narrator, main character –Phineas; another main character—athletic and self-assured.

4. Chapter 1 Quotable Quotes “I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it. “I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it. “the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth, but that they are absolutely smaller, shrunken by age” “the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth, but that they are absolutely smaller, shrunken by age” “The more things remain the same, the more they change after all..Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence.” “The more things remain the same, the more they change after all..Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence.”

5. Chapter 2 Recap Foil Characters: a character that contrasts with another character in order to highlight specific features of the main character’s personality. Foil Characters: a character that contrasts with another character in order to highlight specific features of the main character’s personality. –Gene vs. Finny New Characters: New Characters: –Mr. Prud’homme and Mr. Patch-Withers— substitute head masters for the summer session.

6. Chapter 2 Quotable Quotes “Bombs in Central Europe were completely unreal to use here, not because we couldn’t imagine it— a thousand newspaper photographs and newsreels and given us a pretty accurate idea of such a sight—but because our place here was too fair for us to accept something like that. “Bombs in Central Europe were completely unreal to use here, not because we couldn’t imagine it— a thousand newspaper photographs and newsreels and given us a pretty accurate idea of such a sight—but because our place here was too fair for us to accept something like that. “I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything.” “I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything.” “We reminded them what peace was like, of lives that were not bound up by destruction.” “We reminded them what peace was like, of lives that were not bound up by destruction.” “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session” “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session”

7. Chapter 3 Recap Finny’s set of rules teach us that he doesn’t accept defeat. Finny’s set of rules teach us that he doesn’t accept defeat. Blitzball is created—a game made up on the spot by Finny; he’s a natural at it. Blitzball is created—a game made up on the spot by Finny; he’s a natural at it. Finny breaks the school swimming record on his first try; doesn’t want to do it publicly. Shows the foil characteristics of Gene enjoying every ounce of positive attention he can get, and Finny just enjoying the accomplishment. Finny breaks the school swimming record on his first try; doesn’t want to do it publicly. Shows the foil characteristics of Gene enjoying every ounce of positive attention he can get, and Finny just enjoying the accomplishment.

8. Chapter 3 Quotable Quotes “I wouldn’t have been on that damn limb except for him. I wouldn’t have turned around, and so lost my balance, if he hadn’t been there.” “I wouldn’t have been on that damn limb except for him. I wouldn’t have turned around, and so lost my balance, if he hadn’t been there.” “It made Finny seem too unusual for-not friendship, but too unusual for rivalry. And there were few relationships among us at Devon not based on rivalry.” “It made Finny seem too unusual for-not friendship, but too unusual for rivalry. And there were few relationships among us at Devon not based on rivalry.” “stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.” “stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.”

9. Chapter 4 Recap Gene’s doubts and insecurities destroy his feelings for Phineas. Gene’s doubts and insecurities destroy his feelings for Phineas. He focuses hard on his studies for competitive value, though he is uninterested in what he learns. He focuses hard on his studies for competitive value, though he is uninterested in what he learns. Gene realizes that Finny just always assumed that learning came naturally to him, and never had any intentions on harming his academic success. Gene realizes that Finny just always assumed that learning came naturally to him, and never had any intentions on harming his academic success. The boys head out to the tree to see if Leper Lepellier will jump, and Phineas suggests the two jump together first. Phineas falls from the tree after Gene jostles the limb a bit. The boys head out to the tree to see if Leper Lepellier will jump, and Phineas suggests the two jump together first. Phineas falls from the tree after Gene jostles the limb a bit.

10. Chapter 4 Quotable Quotes “He was still asleep, although in this drained light he looked more dead than asleep.” “He was still asleep, although in this drained light he looked more dead than asleep.” “Up like a detonation went the idea of any best friend, up went affection and partnership and sticking by someone and relying on someone absolutely in the jungle of a boys’ school, up went the hope that there was anyone in this school—in this world—whom I could trust.” “Up like a detonation went the idea of any best friend, up went affection and partnership and sticking by someone and relying on someone absolutely in the jungle of a boys’ school, up went the hope that there was anyone in this school—in this world—whom I could trust.” “I had detected that Finny’s was a den of lonely, selfish ambition. He was no better than I was, no matter who won all the contests.” “I had detected that Finny’s was a den of lonely, selfish ambition. He was no better than I was, no matter who won all the contests.” “He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he.” “He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he.”

11. Chapter 5 Recap Gene is full of guilt and nobody expects him of foul play. Gene is full of guilt and nobody expects him of foul play. He dresses up as Finny. He feels that Finny has it together and that he is falling apart. He dresses up as Finny. He feels that Finny has it together and that he is falling apart. He visits Finny at the infirmary and questions him about the fall. He visits Finny at the infirmary and questions him about the fall. Finny suspects him briefly but then says he’ll just have to wipe those feelings away. Finny suspects him briefly but then says he’ll just have to wipe those feelings away. Gene visits Finny over summer vacation and tells Finny that he deliberately bounced the limb to cause him to fall. Gene visits Finny over summer vacation and tells Finny that he deliberately bounced the limb to cause him to fall. Finny Finny

12. Chapter 5 Quotable Quotes “I spent as much time as I could alone in our room, trying to empty my mind of every thought, to forget where I was, even who I was.” “I spent as much time as I could alone in our room, trying to empty my mind of every thought, to forget where I was, even who I was.” “I was Phineas, Phineas to the life.” “I was Phineas, Phineas to the life.” “I deliberately jounced the limb so you would fall off.” “I deliberately jounced the limb so you would fall off.” “It struck me that I was injuring him again. It occurred to me that this could be an even deeper injury than what I had done before.” “It struck me that I was injuring him again. It occurred to me that this could be an even deeper injury than what I had done before.” “You aren’t going to start living by the rules, are you?” “You aren’t going to start living by the rules, are you?” I grinned at him. “Oh no, I wouldn’t do that,” and that was the most false thing, the biggest lie of all. I grinned at him. “Oh no, I wouldn’t do that,” and that was the most false thing, the biggest lie of all.