A seperate Peace
Literary Analysis for 'A Separate Peace' By John Knowles Self Reflection- Last week I was driving around Redlands with a friend. We were headed to a park but got off on the wrong off ramp. We decided to find the park by using the back streets. We ended up going by my old school. I had gone to that school in 1st grade and 1/2 of 3rd grade. It was my favorite school I had ever gone to. When we approached the school I began to be rushed with memories of the time I had spent in the school. The bus rides, the classrooms, the teachers,, my best friend Sheena and the chasing games I had with Jessie. I loved those times, and I cherished them longingly as we went by, it was such a carefree time. Oh and by the way... we made it to the park Literary Terms- There was three literary terms I had noticed in this book as I read through. They were Allusion, Antithesis and Antanagoge. The meanings of these three terms are; Allusion- A casual and brief reference to a famous historical (could be referring to the war, even though it wasn't historical exactly, yet) or literally figure or event (WWII). Antithesis- establish a clear contrasting relationship between 2 ideas and/or people (Finny and
But the next morning Finny was calm and forgave Gene. The whole general Flashback of Gene, of his earlier days at Devon represented that Devon was a part of what made Gene the guy he was now, it also showed that he still had not overcome those days, and by coming back, it was his release of the feelings he had kept in for so long. They are antithesis's because they got along despite their opposites, they are the true meaning of when people say "Opposites Attract". Reader Response- This story was a little bit intriguing, but really I didn't have much taste for it. It is where Finny and Gene become friends, where they take life threatening risks together, where Finny controls Gene, and the where the end of Finny begins. Finny and Genes friendship was also an antithesis. It is used when Finny forgives Gene over the night he had broken his leg for the 2nd time, because the next morning you'd except that Finny would still be angered At Gene for doing something that horrible. Bibliography read the seperate peace. When Finny yells at Gene or when he is upset at Gene for making him fall off the tree he always reduces the impact of his bad deed by always saying he was still his best friend and that he was always a good friend (except when he was pushing him out of the tree of course). It explained the story well and had good structure though. I'm not saying that Gene was a 'bad guy' the whole time and that he was like the enemy but he did push Finny out of the tree, causing him to miss out of the completely 'good guy' reputation. The limb is a symbolism because of the instability of Genes feelings toward finny.
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