A%20Separate%20Peace%20Notes:%20Chapters%201-7

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A Separate Peace Notes Chapters 1-7
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Chapters 1-3
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• The place is a museum, it is preserved,
  lacquered-Changed
• The Ego of Childhood-what does this mean?

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• Fear-preserved
• He was unaware of the Fear at the time because
  there was so much of itexample?
• To see the fear was enmeshed inshows change
• Uncontrollable Joy like the Northern Lights-What
  causes this?
• Two fearful sites?
• Description of weatherwhy significant?

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• Failing ivy and stripped
• Marble stairs, old, yet worn places not deep-very
  hard. Why is this important that he notices how
  hard they are???
• FORESHADOWING!!!

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• The buildings live in contentious harmony- What
  literary element is this?
• Change of buildings?

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• Doomed shoes,-What does this show about Genes
  mission?
• Mud tries to trap him
• In his YOUTH, he sees the tree as an artillery
  piece and a huge lone spike. What contributed to
  this vision?

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• In ADULTHOOD, the tree appears shrunken and no
  different that the surrounding trees. How does
  this compare to his youth? What does this show
  us? Think of things that seemed huge as a kid.
• Gene is very thankful to have seen the tree and
  the change it has made. Why?
• True solace in the fact that nothing ENDURES

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• How has Gene changed?
• The tree takes us back to the past and we see
  that we will be looking through a childs eyes.
  What does this entail?
• Voice like a Hypnotist
• Finny never admits intimidationhe is a symbol
  for ____________.

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• Seniors known as draft bait
• Do you want to go first?
• Genes Sarcastic Summer in 42.
• His defense mechanism
• Allows him to be tough!

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• Gene thinks Finny has a hold over him
• Does he?
• What evidence supports or refutes this?

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• Unthinking unity of movementwho is this quote
  about?
• Finny says, Gene backs away from things and
  Gene is upset because

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• Gene resents the bell-What does this tell us that
  is a bit unusual? Why is it unusual?
• Conforming as a theme

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• Finny is a paradox, he breaks the rules yet wants
  to be good
• The boys remind the masters of what peace was like

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• First mention of Gene envying Finny BUT not the
  last. Why is this moment important?

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• Gene becomes excited to see Finny fail at the
  party. What does this tell us?

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• Disappointed when Finny doesnt get in trouble.
  Is this friendship? What other relationship is
  it more like?

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• I dont believe we bombed anyone do you?
• Hard to imagine war in their separate peace
  dingdinglight bulb goes offyes that is the
  title!

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• Gene is saved by Finny
• What emotions come with that?
• What does this tell us about Finny and Gene?

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• Gene seems to feel less than gracious towards
  Finny. What does this tell us about his
  character?

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• I always jumped. Otherwise I would have lost
  face with Phineas, and that would have been
  unthinkable. What does this tell us about Gene
  and Finny?
• Finnys life was ruled by inspiration and
  anarchy. How is this the antithesis of Gene?
  How did Finny follow some rules?

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• Finny has Commandments. How does this make
  Finny appear even more God like to Gene?
• You always win at sports. How is this possible?

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• Although he was rarely conscious of it, Phineas
  was being watched, like the weather. How are
  Finny and the weather both constant and not?

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• There arent any teams in blitzballwere all
  enemies..
• How does this parallel life at Devon? Teenage
  life?

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• Finny creates a game that is so in tune with him
  that he was naturally the most gifted.

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• Finny could shine with everyone, he attracted
  everyone he met. I was glad of that too.
  Naturally. He was my roommate and my best
  friend. Does this feel natural.

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• How does this war tangent relate back to the
  novel?
• How does the war concept relate to life at Devon?

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• Finny had tremendous loyalty to the class as he
  did to any group he belonged to, beginning with
  him and me and radiating outwards past the
  limits

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• Finny had a controlled ease about his stance
  when he is about to swim. Why does this feel
  weird?

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• Perhaps for that reason his accomplishment took
  root in my mind and grew rapidly in the darknedd
  where I was forced to hide it.

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• It made Finny seem to unusual for not
  friendship, but too unusual for rivalry.

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• I noticed that people were looking fixedly at
  him, Everyone is looking at Finny but Finny
  says Everybody is staring at you,
• Why?

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• Finny has just called Gene his best pal and Gene
  doesnt respond but thinks Perhaps I was
  stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than
  thought, which contains the truth.
• WHAT?!?!?!

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• Chapter 4 was originally titled The Fall What
  is it the fall of???
• More dead than asleep

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Chapters 4-7
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• as pure as the shores of Eden. Phineas, still
  asleep on his dune, made me think of Lazarus,
  brought back to life by the tough of God. The
  fall of manthe fall of________?
• How does Gene flunking his test become a
  catalyst?

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• Nobody at Devon has ever been surer of
  graduating than you are.
• You never waste your time. Thats why I have to
  do it for you. How is Finny ½ of Gene?

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• We would be even
• Id kill myself out of jealous envy

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• Up like a detonation went the idea of any best
  friendup went the hope that there was anyone in
  this school-in this world-whom I could trust
• You and Phineas are even already. You are even
  in enmity
• Gene uses words like deliberate, except,
  blabberhow has he changed?

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• The deadly rivalry was on both sides after all.

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• I discovered myself throughtlessly slipping
  back into affection for him again.
• Finny and Gene are at war BUT only Gene sees it
  that way.
• He uses the word hatestrong emotion

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• I didnt want Finny to understand me as I
  understood him.
• And I had detected that Finnys was a den of
  lonely, selfish ambition. He was no better than
  I was, No matter who won all the contests.

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• THE FIGHT
• Gene gets all cray-cray

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• Gene finally gets it
• He had never been jealous of me for a second.
  Now I knew that there never was and never could
  have been any rivalry between us. I was not of
  the same quality as he.
• How is this worse?

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• THE FALLWith unthinking sureness I moved out on
  the limb and jumped into the rived, every trace
  of my fear of this forgotten

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• What was shattered besides Finnys bone?
• Gene now refers to himself as Finnys roommate
  and NOT his best friend.

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• I decided to put on his clothes
• I was Phineas, Phineas to the life
• ENOUGH SAID

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• Finny refers to Gene as his pal
• Sports are finished.

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• Most of all I cried because of kindness, which I
  had not expected.
• Phineas would say nothing behind my back he
  would accuse me, face to face. he still sees
  the worst in Finny
• His eyes studied me as though I were the
  patient. Finny still more worried about Gene

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• To drag me down too.
• You look like it happened to you or something.

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• Finny apologizes for ever considering his best
  friend would hurt him!
• New rule Never accuse a friend of a crime if
  you only have a feeling he did it.
• And I thought we were competitors! It was so
  ludicrous I wanted to cry!

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• irresolutely suspended What was and why?

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• Theres loyalty for you. IRONY!!!

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• It struck me then that I was injuring him again.
  It occurred to me that this could be an even
  deeper injury than what I had done before.

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• PeaceFinny

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• Knowles repeats the word same Why?

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• Naguamsett and the Devon
• Compare and Contrast
• What could they be symbolic for?
• He had no nickname, not even an unfriendly one.
  Why is that important?

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• Who is Gene really punching Quackenbush for?

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• Roommates are roommates. How can this be
  extended to what Gene did?

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• this must have been my purpose from the first
  to become a part of Phineas
• CREEPY!!! It puts the lotion on its skin

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