A Seperate Piece
In his book A Separate Peace John Knowles communicates what war really is. Heuses a number of complex characters in a very complicated plot in order to convey theharsh, sad, cruel, destructive forces of war. The Characters Gene and Finny are used asopposing forces in a struggle between that cold reality of war-that is World War II in thisstory-and a separate peace. A peace away from the real war and all of the terrible thingsthat come with it. Through their relationship, that is a struggle on both sides form thebeginning, Knowles establishes the reality of war in all of its essence. Gene Forrester is established as the force of reality which is the war. This idea isestablished clearly in a lengthy speech Gene gives as the narrator of the story in ChapterThree: Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is themoment when his emotions achieve their most powerful sway over him, and afterwardwhen you say to this person “the world today” or “life” or “reality” he will assume thatyou mean this moment, even if it is fifty years past. The world, through his unleashedemotions, imprinted itself upon him, and he carries the stamp of that passi
Gene goes to visit Leper and finds he has changed. ” This passage shows us that although Gene may nothave fought in the war and had first hand experiences of the terrible destruction of it, hehas possibly the best understanding he can without being in the war and he appreciates thewar for what it is. ” Further evidence of Finny’s ability to make hisworld-or separate peace-comes on the following page. Brinker cries to Finny as heruns away, “Wait a minute! We haven’t heard everything yet. instructors voice yelling, “Hut!Hew! Hee! Hore!” Indeed Gene’s reality is the truth: the war is very real and verydestructive. Later in that same chapter Gene puts on Finny’s clothes and looks in the mirror tosee that he appears to be just like Finny (54). Gene takesthe telegram from Finny and reads it, it reads: I HAVE ESCAPED AND NEED HELP. He does this in order to keep the idea of the separate peace alive. He always has come charming way to make up hisown rules that he can abide by while disobeying the real rules. Gene and Finny’s relationship that includes the opposition illustrates this fact.
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