A SEPARATE PEACE

BY JOHN KNOWLES

 

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The novel, A Separate Peace
, takes place at a private boarding school, The Devon School, in New Hampshire during World War II.  Gene and Finny, both sixteen years old, are there to attend a summer session.  The school hopes that this session will allow their students the chance to finish high school and receive their diplomas before being drafted into the military on their eighteenth birthdays.  Not only are Gene and Finny good friends, but also they are roommates at the school.  Finny is a natural athlete and leader while Gene is more academically oriented. The story opens when Gene returns to Devon fifteen years later.


A novel study constructed by Meg Tucker in October, 2003
Based on material from studyguide.org


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